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The Opium War
China and Great Britain battle because the illegal exportation of Opium -
Economic crisis
China was passing a complicated time because after opium war and Chinese dynasty; China was in a economical, political and social crisis -
Manchu Dynasty
The political weakness of the Manchu dynasty intensified with the death of the Emperor and the succession of a two-year-old boy: Pu Yi in 1908. -
Double Tenth Revolution
Loss of control over the military by the government. In this movement most provinces declared independent of China. -
Shikai dictatorship
Yuan Shikai was military dictator from 1912 to 1915. The key obstacle in uniting China.
Sun's party reformed to become the Guomindang (GMD) in 1912. -
Warlord era
Bad government in China was making a social, political and economical crisis. -
The May Fourth Movement
Was a students movement in Beijing to protest against Treaty of Versailles and warlords -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty of Versailles authorizes Japan to take possession of the German territory of Shantung that had been ceded by Germany. -
The First United Front
The GMD nationalist party and the emerging CCP made an alliance in 1922 against warlords -
Shanghai Massacre
Since all communists were expelled GMD attacks the communists. Making a "purification movement"
