Burning of the Summer Palace. On 6 October 1860, British and French forces looted Emperor Xianfeng's Summer Palace on the outskirts of the capital. This was a ...

China had been at war with Japan since 1937 and continued the fight until the Japanese surrender in 1945. The United States advised and supported China's ground ...

18 мая 2022 г. · China was a vital, but often forgotten, member of the Allies battling Japan—two years before the official start of World War II.

The Imperial Japanese Navy and China 1931-1941 City of Canton in 1910 showing Shameen Island at lower left The Campaign to Seize Canton (Guangzhou) - 1937 - ...

According to the municipal cultural bureau, five hangars built for the invading Japanese troops during the war were found in Guangzhou in its ongoing survey of ...

In 1931–32 the Japanese had invaded Manchuria (Northeast China) and, after overcoming ineffective Chinese resistance there, had created the ...

The Western powers concluded a series of treaties with China in an effort to open its lucrative markets to Western trade.

Between 1839 and 1842, British-Indian forces fought a war with Imperial China that served the interests of opium smugglers. Their resulting victory opened ...

In the first sixteen months of the war, Chinese and Japanese armies waged three enormous battles. The Battle of Shanghai, from 13 August to 8 November 1937, ...

The first Opium War was fought between China and Great Britain from 1839 to 1842. In the second Opium War ... five new Chinese treaty ports at Guangzhou (Canton) ...