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Eastern Asia

1911 Revolution
Republican revolution in China
1931 China floods
Series of devastating floods
1935 Shinchiku-Taichū earthquake
Earthquake
1959 Tibetan uprising
Revolt in Lhasa, Tibet, against the People's Republic of China
1976 Tangshan earthquake
Mw 7.6 earthquake in Hebei, China
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
Protests and massacre in Beijing, China
1990s North Korean famine
Famine in North Korea from collapse of Soviet aid and corruption
1999 Jiji earthquake
Earthquake in Chi-chi, Nantou, Taiwan
Annexation of Tibet by the People's Republic of China
1950–51 annexation of territory in Asia
Chinese Civil War
1927–1949 civil war in China
Comfort women
Forced prostitutes for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II
Cultural Revolution
Maoist sociopolitical movement intended to strengthen Chinese communism (1966-76)
Empire of Japan
Empire in the Asia-Pacific region from 1868 to 1947
Four Asian Tigers
Economies of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Hong Kong
Great Chinese Famine
Famine killing millions (1959–1961)
Great Hanshin earthquake
Earthquake in Japan on January 17, 1995
Great Leap Forward
Economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Pan-Asia union
Handover of Hong Kong
1997 handover of Hong Kong from UK to China
Handover of Macau
1999 handover of Macau from Portugal to China
Hundred Flowers Campaign
1956–57 Chinese liberalization campaign
Japanese economic miracle
1950s–90s period of rapid economic growth in Japan
Japanese invasion of Manchuria
Part of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Japanese war crimes
War crimes of the Empire of Japan
Jiangxi Soviet
Part of the Chinese Soviet Republic the Chinese Civil War
Korea under Japanese rule
Japanese occupation of Korea from 1910–1945
Korean conflict
Conflict between North and South Korea
Korean War
1950–1953 war between North and South Korea
Kuril Islands dispute
Territorial dispute between Japan and Russia
Liaoshen campaign
1948 militarycampaign during the Chinese civil war
Lost Decades
Period of economic stagnation in Japan
Manchukuo
Independent state in Manchuria (1932–1945)
March First Movement
1919 Korean public display of resistance against Japanese rule
Mukden incident
1931 Japan false flag railway explosion
Nanjing Massacre
Episode of mass murder and rape committed by Japanese troops
One country, two systems
Chinese constitutional principle
Reform and opening up
Reforms allowing more free markets in China since Deng Xiaoping
Russo-Japanese War
1904 to 1905 war for Manchuria and Korea
Second East Turkestan Republic
Former state in Northern Xinjiang
Second Sino-Japanese War
1937–1945 conflict in East Asia
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Period of Taiwanese history
Unequal treaties
Series of treaties signed by China, Japan, or Korea
Unit 731
Japanese biological, chemical warfare unit (1936–1945)
Warlord Era
Period in the history of the Republic of China (1916-28)
White Terror (Taiwan)
Period of martial law and political repression in Taiwan
Xinjiang conflict
Ethnic conflict in Western China