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Taiping Rebellion
the Taiping Rebellion spread throughout southern China. Religious movement and political reform movement -
Manchu Dynasty
China was ruled by the imperial power Manchu Dynasty -
Period: to
Russo-Japanese War
China lost more territory to
Japan when it was part of the settlement -
Pu Yi
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 -
Revolution
China continued to be exploited by foreign powers because the new Republic failed to take hold and -
Double Tenth.
Chinese revolution. this revolution overthrew China's last empire dynasty and stablished the Republic ofChina. -
creation of a Chinese Republic.
In an attempt to seize the political initiative, delegates from the ‘independent’ provinces gathered in Nanjing to declare the creation of a Chinese Republic. -
Yuan Shikai
Sun agreed for Yuan Shikai to be President of the new republic, in exchange for the end of Manchu rule in China. -
Guomindang party
Sun’s party reformed as the Guomindang (GMD) in 1912, and declared itself a parliamentary party. -
May Fouth Movement
the students create a mass demonstration in Beijin against the warlords -
Period: to
Warlord era
was a period when national authority in China disintegrated and the country broke apart into a jigsaw of regions, each controlled by powerful local leaders. -
First United Front
Guomindang and the Chinese communist Party wanted to unify China. they formed the First United Front -
Capture
The guomindang and the communist had capture Hangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing -
White terror
Jiang expelled all the communist from the GMD- 5,000 communist were shot.
