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China lost the war with against Japan
China had lost the war with Japan in 1895, and lost land to Japan in the Russo-Japanese settlement -
Political weakness and the influence of foreign powers
There was a widespread and popular anti-Western feeling, which started the Boxer Rebellion in 1899, but without modern weaponry, any anti-foreign revolt was futile. -
The overthrow of the Manchu dynasty
In 1911, the dynasty was overthrown in a revolution known as the Double Tenth and a republic was created -
The rule of Yuan Shikai
The GMD were a regional power when Shikai refused, and the republicans were not ready to face resistance from Yuan -
The May Fourth Movement
China had joined the Allies in a "rebirth" as an independent nation inspired by the Bolshevik revolution in 1917 -
Lack unity
A key cause of the civil war in china was the increasing lack of unity in the country by the second decade of the 20 century these take to the division of china and the begining of the warlords. -
A conflict between two parties
the struggle between these two forces which officially started in 1927 was interrupted by the outbreak of the sino japenense war -
The White Terror
Jiang now expelled all communists from the GMD and his attacks on the communists reached a peak in Shanghai in the White Terror in April 1927 -
Division within the CCP
Lisan was dismissed from leadership in January 1931 -
The Long March
The Fifth Encirclement Campaign saw a force of 800,000 men, air cover and artillery, as a result of German advice.
