December 25, 1915: The anti-Yuan imperialist movement, known as the National Protection Movement, began. Cai E, the former governor of Yunnan, declared Yunnan's independence and organized the National Protection Army to oppose Yuan Shikai's attempt to declare himself emperor, marking the start of the movement.
December 25, 1930: Mao Zedong proposed the guerrilla tactics for the Red Army. At the rally held in Xiaobu, Ningdu, Jiangxi, for the annihilation of enemies, Mao Zedong personally wrote a couplet embodying the guerrilla warfare philosophy and delivered a mobilization report.
December 25, 1935: The Wayaobao Conference of the Chinese Communist Party concluded. The conference passed the "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Current Political Situation and the Party's Tasks," pointing out the aggressive intentions of Japanese imperialism against China and proposing the party's strategic tasks.
December 25, 1936: General Zhang Xueliang urgently escorted Chiang Kai-shek out of Xi'an. This was an important part of the peaceful resolution of the Xi'an Incident, after which Chiang Kai-shek was released in Xi'an, and Zhang Xueliang was subsequently brought to a military tribunal.
December 25, 1946: The Constitution of the Republic of China confirmed Chiang Kai-shek's personal rule. The central task of this assembly was to formulate the Constitution of the Republic of China, also known as the "Constitutional National Assembly."
December 25, 1947: The Chinese Communist Party Central Committee held a meeting in Yangjialou, Mizhi County, Northern Shaanxi, known as the "December Conference." Mao Zedong provided the conference with a written report titled "The Current Situation and Our Tasks," which deeply analyzed the situation of the People's Liberation War.
December 25, 1993: Chinese scientists successfully tracked a returning satellite. The satellite tracking and observation system of the Chinese Academy of Sciences successfully captured a returning satellite that had gone out of control over two months earlier.
December 25, 1996: The Wuhan Baiji Dolphin Conservation Foundation was officially established. This was the first foundation in China dedicated to the protection of aquatic life.
December 25, 2009: Zhoushan became a peninsula. The Zhoushan-sea bridge, the largest island-land connection project in China to date, which took ten years to build, officially began trial operations, marking the entry of Zhoushan Island into the "peninsula era."
December 25th is a very important holiday in Western countries. However, for modern Chinese history, the events listed above hold significant importance in Chinese history. They not only reflect the development of Chinese society, politics, and technology but also influenced the course of Chinese history.
