1644 - 1911: Qing Dynasty
1757 - 1842: Guangzhou (Canton) only port-of entry for Western traders
1839 - 1842: First Opium War - Treaty of Nanjing, Hong Kong ceded to the British
1848: Tin deposits found in Larut, Perak
1851 - 1864: Taiping Rebellion - civil war
1856 - 1860: Second Opium War - Chinese against British and French
1861: First Larut Wars
1865: Second Larut Wars
1869: Opening of Suez Canal
1870's: Industrial Revolution in Europe
1872: Third Larut Wars
1873: Fourth Larut Wars
1874: Pangkor Treaty - End of Larut Wars. Start of British residential system in Malaya. Taiping and Kamunting towns were established.
1877: British set up Chinese protectorate in Singapore
1880: Tin deposits found in Kinta, Perak
1885: Taiping railway station established
1887: Taiping Guangtong Association established
1893: Chinese Government abolished restrictions on immigration
1904: Taiping Qing Yuan Association established
1911: Collapse of Qing Dynasty
1911 - 1931: British encouraged unrestricted immigration from China, India and The Netherlands
01-Jan-1912: Republic of China proclaimed
1914: World War I - Japan seized Shandong province
1914: Chan clan left China for first trip to Malaya and settled down in Taiping
1915: Chung Chow was born in Taiping
1916 - 1927: Non-functioning Chinese Government - Era of provincial warlords
1918: Dr. Sun Yat-san founded the Military Government of ROC in Guangzhou
1918: Chan Kee and family left Taiping for Chemor to prospect for tin but was unsuccessful
1921: Communist Party of China (CCP) founded
1921: Chan Kee and family returned to China
1923: Chan Kee went back to Taiping as a Taoist priest
1927: Chung Chow and mother left China and returned to Taiping to reunite with Chan Kee
1928 - 1937: Civil war between nationalists and communists
1931: Japan invaded Manchuria
1937: Japan attacked Chinese soldiers in Beijing
1937 - 1945: KMT and CCP collaborated to fight the Japanese
December 1941: Japanese invaded Malaya
February 1942 - September 1945: Japanese Occupation of Malaya; British defeated
August 1942: Chung Chow married Lee Mooi
August 1945: Japan surrendered, civil war between KMT and CCP resumed
June 1948 - July 1960: Emergency period in Malaya
01-Oct-1949: People's Republic of China proclaimed by the communists
June 1955: General Election - Alliance of UMNO, MCA and MIC won
31-Aug-1957: Malaya gained Independence from the British
August 1963: Malaysia came into being
May - June 1974: Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak visited PRC, met Chairman Mao and Premier Chou En-lai