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Polity Timeline
CHINA-CANTON
Flag or logo changes:
1900-01-01:
Revive China Society : HSING CHUNG HUEI
(Honolulu
x
)
- HSING-CHUNG-HUEI
1906-01-01:
Chinese Revolutionary Alliance : TUNG MENG HUEI
(Tokyo
x
)
- CHINESE LEAGUE
1912-01-01:
Chinese Revolutionary Alliance : TUNG MENG HUEI
(Peking)
- CHINESE LEAGUE
1913-01-01:
Chinese Nationalist Party : CNP [Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
- KUOMINTANG
1917-09-10:
Military Government of the Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
- CHINA-CANTON
1921-05-05:
Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
- CHINA-CANTON
Emblem or Symbol changes:
1900-01-01:
Revive China Society : HSING CHUNG HUEI
(Honolulu
x
)
- HSING-CHUNG-HUEI
1917-09-10:
Military Government of the Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
- CHINA-CANTON
1928-10-17:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Nanking
a
)
- CHINA
Sovereignty changes:
1900-01-01:
HAWAII
+
HSING-CHUNG-HUEI
+
AMERICA
+
1900-06-14:
HSING-CHUNG-HUEI
+
AMERICA
+
1905-08-20:
JAPAN
+
CHINESE LEAGUE
+
1911-10-10:
CHINESE ALLIANCE
+
CHINESE LEAGUE
+
1912-01-01:
CHIHLI
+
CHINA
+
CHING CHINA
+
1912-02-12:
CHIHLI
+
CHINA
+
1912-03-15:
CHINA
1912-08-25:
KUOMINTANG
1913-03-22:
JAPAN
+
KUOMINTANG
+
1913-07-12:
KUOMINTANG
1913-09-01:
CHINA
+
KUOMINTANG
+
KWANGTUNG
+
1916-01-01:
JAPAN
+
KUOMINTANG
+
1916-07-15:
CHINA
+
KWANGTUNG
+
1917-06-12:
CHINA
+
KWANGSI
+
1917-07-01:
LIANGKWANG
+
CHINA
+
1917-07-12:
CHINA
+
KWANGSI
+
1917-09-10:
CHINA-CANTON
1922-04-01:
CHINA-CANTON
+
YUNNAN
+
1923-01-20:
CHINA-CANTON
Capital Local Name changes:
1900-01-01:
Honolulu
1905-08-20:
Tōkyō
1911-10-10:
Wu-Chang
1912-01-01:
Pei-Ching
1912-08-25:
Kuang-Chou
1913-03-22:
Tōkyō
1913-07-12:
Kuang-Chou
1913-09-01:
Kuang-Chou + Tōkyō
1916-01-01:
Tōkyō
1916-07-15:
Kuang-Chou
1922-04-01:
Shao-Kuan
1923-01-20:
Kuang-Chou
1927-02-21:
Han-K´ou
1927-08-19:
Nan-Ching
1937-08-07:
Nan-Ching + Han-K´ou
1937-11-20:
Han-K´ou + Nan-Ching
1937-11-21:
Ch´ung-Ch´ing + Han-K´ou + Nan-Ching
1937-12-07:
Ch´ung-Ch´ing + Kuei-Chou + Han-K´ou + Nan-Ching
1937-12-13:
Ch´ung-Ch´ing + Kuei-Chou + Han-K´ou
1938-10-25:
C´hung-C´hing
1945-09-13:
C´hung-C´hing + Nan-Ching
1946-05-05:
Nan-Ching
1949-04-23:
Kuang-Chou
1949-10-14:
C´hung-C´hing
1949-11-30:
T´ai-Pei + Ch´eng-Tu + (Nan-Ching)
1949-12-27:
T´ai-Pei + Hsi-Ch´ang
1950-03-27:
T´ai-Pei
1982-12-04:
Taibei
Local Name of Country changes:
1900-01-01:
CHUNG-HUA
1912-08-25:
CHUNG-HUA KUO-MIN-TANG
1917-09-10:
CHUNG-KUO KUANG-CHOU
1927-02-21:
CHUNG-KUO WU-HAN
1927-08-19:
CHUNG-HUA
1982-12-04:
ZHONGHUA
2002-07-11:
JHONGHUA
2009-01-01:
ZHONGHUA
Status changes:
1900-01-01:
Revive China Society : HSING CHUNG HUEI
1905-08-20:
Chinese Revolutionary Alliance : TUNG MENG HUEI
1912-08-25:
Chinese National People´s Party : CNPP [Kuomintang Clique]
1913-01-01:
Chinese Nationalist Party : CNP [Kuomintang Clique]
1917-09-10:
Military Government of the Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1921-05-05:
Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1922-04-01:
Republic of CHINA [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1923-01-20:
Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1923-03-02:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1925-07-01:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kwangchow Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1927-02-21:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Wuhan Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1927-03-20:
Standing Committee of the National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Wuhan Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
1927-08-19:
Standing Committee of the National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Clique]
1928-10-10:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
1948-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
2000-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC
2008-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
2016-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC
Ruler changes:
1900-01-01:
Revive China Society : HSING CHUNG HUEI
(Honolulu
x
)
-
Sun Yat-Sen
(Sun Chung-Shan – Syun Jat-Sin)
1912-01-01:
Chinese Revolutionary Alliance : TUNG MENG HUEI
(Peking)
-
Sung Chiao-Jen
(Sung Chiao-Jen)
1912-08-25:
Chinese National People´s Party : CNPP [Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
Sung Chiao-Jen
(Sung Chiao-Jen)
1913-03-22:
Chinese Nationalist Party : CNP [Kuomintang Clique]
(Tokyo
x
)
-
Sun Yat-Sen
(Sun Chung-Shan – Syun Jat-Sin)
1916-07-15:
Chinese Nationalist Party : CNP [Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
Sun Yat-Sen
(Sun Chung-Shan – Syun Jat-Sin)
1917-09-10:
Military Government of the Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
Generalissimo Sun Yat-Sen
(Sun Chung-Shan – Syun Jat-Sin)
1921-05-05:
Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
President Sun Yat-Sen
(Sun Chung-Shan – Syun Jat-Sin)
1923-03-02:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
Generalissimo Sun Yat-Sen
(Sun Chung-Shan – Syun Jat-Sin)
1925-03-12:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA in Kwangchow [Southern Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
Hu Hanmin
(Hu Han-Min)
1925-07-01:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kwangchow Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
Wang Ching-Wei
(Wang Ching-Wei)
1926-04-16:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kwangchow Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Canton)
-
Tan Yen-Kai
(T´an Yen-k´ai)
1927-03-29:
Standing Committee of the National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Wuhan Nationalist Government of the Kuomintang Clique]
(Hankow)
-
Wang Ching-Wei
(Wang Ching-Wei)
1927-09-14:
Standing Committee of the National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Clique]
(Nanking
a
)
-
Interregnum
(Interregnum)
1927-09-17:
Standing Committee of the National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Clique]
(Nanking
a
)
-
Tan Yen-Kai
(T´an Yen-k´ai)
1928-10-10:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Nanking
a
)
-
Chiang Kai-Shek
(Chiang Kai-Shek)
1931-12-15:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Nanking
a
)
-
Lin Sen
(Lin Sen)
1943-08-01:
National Government of the Republic of CHINA [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Chungking
t
)
-
Chiang Kai-Shek
(Chiang Kai-Shek)
1948-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Nanking
a
)
-
President Chiang Kai-Shek
(Chiang Kai-Shek)
1949-01-21:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Nanking
a
)
-
Li Tsung-Jen
(Li Tsung-Jen)
1950-03-01:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Taipeh
t
+ Hsichang
b
)
-
President Chiang Kai-Shek
(Chiang Kai-Shek)
1975-04-05:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Taipeh
t
)
-
President Yen Chia-Kan
(Yen Chia-Kan)
1978-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Taipeh
t
)
-
President Chiang Ching-Kuo
(Chiang Ching-Kuo)
1988-01-13:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Taipei
t
)
-
President Lee Teng-Hui
(Li Denghui)
2000-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC
(Taipei
a
)
-
President Chen Shui-Bian
(Chen Shuibian)
2008-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC [Kuomintang Nationalist Government]
(Taipei
a
)
-
President Ma Ying-Jeou
(Ma Yingjiu)
2016-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC
(Taipei
a
)
-
President Tsai Ing-Wen
(Cài Yīngwén)
2024-05-20:
Republic of China : ROC
(Taipei
a
)
-
President William Lai Ching-Te
(William Lài Qīngdé)