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China's Leaders - 19th Century B.C. to 1995
DYNASTIC CHINA
Hsia c1994 BC - c1523 BC
Shang c1523 BC - c1028 BC
Western Chou c1027 BC - 770 BC
Eastern Chou 770 BC - 256 BC
Warring States 403 BC - 222 BC
Ch'in (first unified empire) 221 BC - 206 BC
Han 202 BC - 220 AD
Western Han 202 BC - 9 AD
Hsin 9 AD - 23 AD
Eastern Han 25 - 220
Three Kingdoms (Wei, Shu, Wu) 220 - 265
Chin (western) 265 - 317
Chin (eastern) 317 - 420
Northern Dynasties 386 - 581
Southern Dynasties 420 - 589
Sui 581 - 618
Tang 618 - 906
Five Dynasties (Yellow River basin) 902 - 960
Ten Kingdoms (southern China) 907 - 979
Liao 947 - 1125
Sung 960 - 1279
Northern Sung 960 - 1126
Western Hsai (non-Chinese rulers in northwest) 990 - 1227
Chin 1115 - 1234
Yuan 1271 - 1368
Ming 1368 - 1644
Ch'ing 1644 - 1911
Republic (disunity; provincial rulers, warlords) 1912 - 1949
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, 1949 -
Mao Zedong, Chairman, Central People's Administrative Council, Communist Party (CPC), 1949-1976
Zhou Enlai, Premier, foreign minister, 1949-1976
Deng Xiaoping, Vice Premier, 1949-1976; 1977-1987
Liu Shaoqi, President, 1959-1969
Hua Guofeng, Premier, 1976-1980; CPC Chairman, 1976-1981
Zhao Ziyang, Premier, 1980-88; CPC Chairman, 1987-89
Hu Yaobang, CPC Chairman, 1981-1987
Li Xiannian, President, 1983-1988
Yong Shang-Kun, President, 1988-1993
Li Peng, Premier, 1988-
Jiang Zemin, CPC Chairman, 1989-; President, 1993-

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