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First Opium War
Conflict between United Kingdom and the Qing Dynasty in China beacuse of the trafficking of Opium -
The First Sino-Japanesse war
Conflict between China and Japan over the territory of Korea -
GMD foundation
The Nationalist Pary of China was created by Sun yixian.
With three important principles;
Nationalism, Democracy and People´s livelihood -
The Fall of the Qing Dynasty
With the Double tenth revolution led to the fall of the dynasty and the stablishment of a new republir -
Sun Yat-sen President
In November 1911 Sun yixian was electected as the firt president of the Republic of China -
Yuan Shikai became president
The military Yuan Shikai comes to the presidency by ruling with a dicatatorship not acomplishing with the three main principles of his party ( GMD) -
Warlord Era
Most of the provinces of China became independent and with the rule of Yuan shikai the government collapsed causing the emerging of the Warlords.
Controling the provinces the fight for territory began -
May fourth movement
A march made by student and intellectuals beacuse of the treaty of versailles settlements, this movement was dedicated to the change of China, to make it a proud independent nation again -
First United Front
With the emerge of the new political movement (the communist) and when the GMD decided to unify forces in order to get rid of their common enemy the Warlords they fought against them -
The White Terror
When the two factions ended with their common enemy they split, beging with a rivalry and desire of controling the country.
The GMD and its new leader Jiang Yieshi decided to strike first by attacking everyone that was communist or part of the CCP, causing a massacre in shangai
