Chen Duxiu

Born on October 9, 1879, in Anqing City, Anhui Province, Chen Duxiu was a pioneering intellectual, revolutionary, and the primary founder of the Communist Party of China. He championed modernization and Western democratic and scientific ideas, launching the influential journal *New Youth*, which galvanized Chinese youth and fueled the landmark May Fourth Movement. This movement critically paved the theoretical groundwork for Marxism in China. However, after the party’s severe 1927 defeat, Chen was held responsible and eventually expelled, yet his initial leadership remains vital to China’s communist history.

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Year	Chen Duxiu
1879	Birth of Chen Duxiu (Period: October 9, 1879 (Some sources state October 8), Location: Anqing City, Anhui Province, China)
1890	Marriage (Chen Duxiu, Gao Xiaolan, Age: 10 years old, Period: Presumed late 1890s, but exact year varies by source, Location: Details Unknown)
1894	First Sino-Japanese War (Age: 14 years old, Period: 1894–1895, Location: China, Korean Peninsula, and Yellow Sea region)
1900	Marriage (Chen Duxiu, Gao Junman, Age: 20 years old, Period: Early 1900s, Location: China)
1911	Xinhai Revolution (Age: 31 years old, Period: 1911–1912, Location: Various regions in China, especially Wuchang and Nanjing)
1913	Second Revolution (Age: 33 years old, Period: 1913, Location: China, mainly Jiangxi and Nanjing)
1914	World War I (Age: 34 years old, Period: 1914–1918, Location: Ottoman Empire and surrounding regions (Gallipoli, Caucasus, Mesopotamia, Sinai, Palestine, Arabia, etc.))
1915	Launch of Youth Magazine (later New Youth, Age: 35 years old, Period: September 1915, Location: Shanghai, China)
1917	Appointment as Dean of the School of Letters at Peking University (Chen Duxiu, Age: 37 years old, Period: 1917, Location: Beijing, China)
1919	Approach to Marxism and Formation of Communist Groups (Age: 39 years old, Period: 1919–1920, Location: Beijing and Shanghai, China) May Fourth Movement (Age: 39 years old, Period: May 4, 1919 onwards, Location: Nationwide in China, centered in Beijing) Arrest after the May Fourth Movement (Age: 39 years old, Period: June 1919, Location: Beijing, China)
1920	Marriage (Chen Duxiu, Pan Lanzhen, Age: 40 years old, Period: Presumed late 1920s, Location: Presumed to be Shanghai, China)
1921	Founding of the Chinese Communist Party (Age: 41 years old, Period: July 1921, Location: Shanghai, and Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, China)
1923	First United Front (Age: 43 years old, Period: 1923–1927, Location: Guangzhou, Shanghai, and Wuhan, China)
1927	Revolutionary struggles during the Chinese Civil War and the First Chinese Civil War (Age: 47 years old, Period: 1927 onwards, Location: Various regions in China, especially Shanghai and Wuhan) Shanghai Massacre (April 12 Incident, Age: 47 years old, Period: April 12, 1927, Location: Shanghai, China)
1929	Expulsion of Chen Duxiu from the Chinese Communist Party (Age: 49 years old, Period: 1929, Location: China)
1932	Arrest and Imprisonment of Chen Duxiu (Age: 52 years old, Period: 1932–1937, Location: Shanghai, China, etc.)
1937	Late Thought Research and Political Isolation (Age: 57 years old, Period: 1937–1942, Location: Jiangjin, Sichuan Province, China)
1942	Death of Chen Duxiu (Age: 62 years old, Period: May 27, 1942)

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CPC	Chen Duxiu Li Dazhao Mao Zedong Zhou Enlai Zhu De Liu Shaoqi Peng Dehuai Lin Biao Deng Xiaoping Chen Yi
Korean anti-Japanese movement	Kim Il Sung Kim Won-bong Hong Beom-do Ji Cheong-cheon Yang Se-bong Choe Yong-gon Kim Chwa-chin
Pacific War	Fumimaro Konoe Hideki Tojo Yosuke Matsuoka Shigenori Togo Kantaro Suzuki Korechika Anami Isoroku Yamamoto Chuichi Nagumo Kichisaburo Nomura Saburo Kurusu Hirohito

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