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| 0641 | T'ai Tsung |  |
| Makes an alliance with Tibet avoid a multifront war |
| 1917 | P'u-i |  |
| China joins World War I on the side of Britain, France, Japan and the USA, the first time ever that Chinese soldiers walk into another continent |
| 1917 | Yuan, Shih-Kai |  |
| China joins World War I on the side of Britain, France, Japan and the USA, the first time ever that Chinese soldiers walk into another continent |
| 1921 | Yat-Sen, Sun |  |
| Manchuria Allies with Manchurian warlord Chang Tso-lin who is defeated in battle by Wu P'ei-fu |
| Lenin's agent Joffe offers help to the KMTagainst Imperialism |
| 1922 | Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| 1st Aug The CCP decides to collaborate with the Kuomintang, the Nationalist Party of China |
| 1923 | Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| July Mao co-ordinates the co-ordination between the CCP & Kuomintang |
| 1927 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| 5th April Stalin claims Chiang Kai-Shek will turn the army against the Imperialists |
| 1927 | Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Rupture between the Kuomintang & CCP |
| July Rupture between the Kuomintang & CCP |
| 1934 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Suppresses a Communist rebellion with Germany.index.html title="History of German">German help |
| 1936 | En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Oct Chang Hsueh-Liang signs a secret non-aggression pact with Chou En-Lai |
| 1936 | Hsueh-Liang, Chang |  |
| Oct Chang Hsueh-Liang signs a secret non-aggression pact with Chou En-Lai |
| 1936 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Nationalists & Communists form an alliance against the Japanese |
| 1937 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| 22nd Sep Chinese Communists declare they will support Chiang Kai-Shek against Japan |
| 1941 | Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Pearl Harbour After Pearl Harbor the CP is forced into an alliance with the Russian backed KMT |
| 1942 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Rangoon Allies with the British forces in Burma after the Japanese capture of Rangoon |
| 1945 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Nov US marines land in nth China to hold ports for Chiang until his troops can reach them |
| 1946 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Civil war between Chiang and Mao continues, with Chiang (southern China and northern cities) helped by the USA and Mao (northern countryside) helped by the Soviet Union |
| 28th July The truce breaks down & the US supplies to the Nationalists are halted |
| Sep The US Marines begin their withdrawal |
| 1946 | Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Civil war between Chiang and Mao continues, with Chiang (southern China and northern cities) helped by the USA and Mao (northern countryside) helped by the Soviet Union |
| 1949 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| 5th Aug The USA cuts off military support to the nationalists |
| 1949 | Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| Signs the Sino-Soviet treaty of Friendship & Alliance & Mutual Help |
| 1st July Says the world is divided into imperialism & socialism & China should ally with Russia |
| 1955 | Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| 28th Jan The USA adopts the policy of supporting Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Taiwan |
| 29th May The USA sends Admiral Radford to Taiwan to state it will only protect mainland Taiwan |
| 1963 | Tse-Tung, Mao |  |
| China supports North Vietnamese aggression |
| 1966 | Shaoqi, Liu |  |
| Proposes sending Chinese armies into Vietnam against the USA.index.html title="History of USA">United States |
| 1969 | En-Lai, Chou |  |
| Sep Attends Ho Chi Minh's funeral & assures Van Dong China will provide weapons |
| 1975 | En-Lai, Chou |  |
| June Tells Sihanouk, China must build up a "neutral, independent Cambodia" |