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Chinese workers during WWI. China participated in World War I from 1917 to 1918 in an alliance with the Entente Powers.Although China never sent troops overseas, 140,000 Chinese labourers (as a part of the British Army, the Chinese Labour Corps) served for both British and French forces before the end of the war. [1]
The Republic of the Seven United Netherlands declared its independence from King Philip II of Spain on 26 July 1581, with the Act of Abjuration, and became the Batavian Republic in 1795. The Kingdom of Holland was formed on 5 June 1806. Switzerland: 24 October 1648: Switzerland became independent from the Holy Roman Empire by the Treaty of ...
After World War II, the Republic of China had been one of the founding members in the United Nations and held China's seat on the Security Council until 1971, when it was expelled by General Assembly Resolution 2758 and replaced in all UN organs with the People's Republic of China government. (Multiple attempts by the Republic of China to re ...
Independence restored after period of British protectorate. Initial establishment around 1822. November 30, 1966 United Kingdom Barbados: In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 2021. January 31, 1968 Australia Nauru: March 12, 1968 United Kingdom Mauritius: In personal union with the UK and many other countries until 1992.
Independence from Federal Republic of Central America: 17 November 1894: Independence from Spain recognized Jamaica: 6 August 1962: Independence from the United Kingdom Mexico: 7 February 1917: Constitution of Mexico: 16 September 1810: Independence from Spain declared 30 December 1853: Gadsden Purchase: 27 September 1821
2006 June 3 — The State Union of Serbia and Montenegro is dissolved following a referendum; Montenegro and Serbia each become independent states. 2008 February 17 — Kosovo unilaterally declares independence from Serbia. The declaration is strongly opposed by Serbia and recognised by just over half (101 out of 193) of UN member states.
Anti-Imperialism: In the aftermath of the May Fourth Movement in 1919, China's foreign policy became increasingly focused on anti-imperialism and national liberation. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) under Mao Zedong and the Nationalist government under Chiang Kai-shek both sought to resist foreign domination and establish a unified ...
The Republic of China's first president, Sun Yat-sen, chose Zhōnghuá Mínguó (中華民國; 'Chinese People's State') as the country's official Chinese name.The name was derived from the language of the Tongmenghui's 1905 party manifesto, which proclaimed that the four goals of the Chinese revolution were "to expel the Manchu rulers, revive China (), establish a people's state (mínguó ...