Major Pre-1949 Events

General

HIST E-1825 China: Traditions and Transformations (Harvard University Open Learning Initiative, Video Lectures)

Macartney Mission (1793)

The Lion and the Dragon: Britain's First Embassy to China (British Library)

Opium War (1839-42)

Digital Harvard/China Opium War Link

Boxer Rebellion (1900)

The Boxer Rebellion

Case Study: The Boxer War - The Boxer Uprising (Online Encyclopedia of Mass Violence)

Australian Involvement in the Boxer Rebellion

Photos from the Boxer Rebellion

The Centennial of the Boxer Rebellion (Yale University Library)

The Long March (1934-35)

The Long March -- 70 Years On (China Daily)

Marking the 70th Anniversary of the Long March (People's Liberation Army)

The Long March Project (Art inspired by the Long March)

The Long March: The Movie (Site for the To-Be-Released Film)

Sino-Japanese War (1931-45)

Japan and China: The Unforgotten War: Views from both sides of East Asia's historical conflict (PBS, 2006)

A Joint Study of the Sino-Japanese War (1931-45), Harvard University Asia Center

Nanjing Massacre (1937)

Nanking: The Film (2007)

Online Documentary: The Nanjing Atrocities (Multimedia Masters' Thesis)

China News Digest Nanjing Massacre Site

60th Anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre

Memorial Hall to the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre

A Japanese Perspective (from Japan Echo magazine)