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Opium War mid 19th century
Britain defeated China in the Opium War, due to this, the Great Chinese Empire ended.This lead China to start having European, American and Japanese influence. China was forced to sign unequal treaties that gave other countries control over China's Trade. -
Taiping rebellion
It lasted 14 years and it was only put down after the death of millions of Chinese population by regional armies. This involvement of regional armies began the move of the warlord era. -
Sino-Japanese war
Japanese army and navy inflicted defeats over China making it loose territory. -
Russo-Japanese war
China lost more territory to Japan. China started to look after the Russian revolution. -
Double tenth revolution
Began when the government lost control of the military and most provinces started to declare independence of Beijing. This event led to the creation of a Chinese Republic. -
21 Demands
Japan presented Yuan Shikai a list demanding control over many Chinese factories, railways and ports. Japan threaten to declare war on China if they didn't accept the demands; Yuan Shikai was forced to accept them and that caused the Chinese population to grow mad. -
Warlord era
Warlords fought each other for control in China; they governed provinces and cities. Most of them were interested in their own power and wealth; they imposed taxes, enlisted peasants in their armies and governed with great severity. -
May the fourth movement
Students led a mass demonstration in Beijing against warlords and the Japanese. This movement was created in order make China have a rebirth process in order to be an independent nation. -
First united front
The GMD and CCP united in order to defeat the warlords and unify China. Due to this alliance, the warlord era ended. -
GMD vs CCP
The GMD decided to run against the CCP and the communist, provoking the Shanghai massacre and the purification movement,which led to the death of millions of communist. Because of this, the CCP decided to escape to the mountains of Jiangsi but the GMD followed them in order to exterminate them and that is how the civil war began.
