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The start of the Rice Riot was because of an economic hardship. They called it the “rice riot” because the economic downfall was mainly in areas where rice was a support beam. People were fighting to get rice and due to the lack of it, it was more expensive and hard to get your hands on.

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1919 in China, The May Fourth Movement was a protest that grew out of students in Beijing May Fourth 1919. They were protesting the Chinese government's decision to let Japan keep their territories in Shandong.

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In China of 1921, China established the foundation for the communist party of China. And the following Year in china they sighed a treaty. This treaty was called the Washington Naval Treaty, which meant that Japan, the United States, the United Kingdoms, Italy and France, limiting Japan to two thirds of the troops that the United states and United kingdom have.

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In 1921, the prime minister Hara Takashi was assassinated at Tokyo station on November 4th. In 1922 the Washington Naval treaty was sighed between the United States, the UK, Italy, and France, to return Shandog peninsula to China.

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The Chinese presidential election was held on October 5, 1923. This was in Beijing for the third term of the president of china. The nominees were, Cao Kun with the zhili clique party, and Sun Yat-sen with the Kuomintang party. Cao Kun won the election with 480 electoral votes while Yat-sen only had 33 electoral votes.

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The initial shock was at 11:58 am. A 60 by 60 foot segment was ruptured and flipped onto the Philippines ocean six plate. “The smiles vanished” - Ellis M.

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The Soviet Japan Convention was a treaty normalizing the relationship between the Soviet union and Japan. The treaty was signed on January 20th 1925. The debate on weather or not to sign it was during 1924.

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Conflict arose in Japan with Zhili, Zhili was trying to fight for power over Beijing. They had two major attacks and those were both near Tianjin. In the end, China won.

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The All-China Federation of Trade Unions was founded. In 1927 it was crushed by the nationalist government and then rose with the ascension of the Communist Party in 1949. It was crushed again in the Cultural Revolution and then revived following Mao’s death.

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When the Crown Prince Hirohito ascended to the Chrysanthemum Throne and became the Emperor Shōwa upon the death of his father in 1926, few could have imagined that his long reign would see such upheaval and radical change.

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The Shanghai massacre happened on April 12th, and killed all the protesters who were against the idea of communism.  And in 1928 Tan Yankai was named the first official chairman of the Nationalistic government.

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The Winter Olympics were the year excitement. The cross country skiing event was combined with the main medal event. The cross country skiing event was held on  Friday, February 17, 1928.

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The Warlord rebellion was an uprising of the warlord armies under  Zhang Zongchang. The warlords wanted to regain their previous territories they had lost in Shandong and Liu Zhennian.

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The invasion began on September 18th 1931. The  Kwantung Army of Japan invaded Manchuria soon after the Mukden incident. The war ended in February 1932. Japan established the ‘puppet state’ or Puppet government.

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The Defense of the Great Wall was a major event in China in 1933. This event was a campaign with the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. It is now known as the Japanese Operation of Nekka.