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Overthrow
The film tells of the founding of the Republic of China when Sun Yat-sen led the Xinhai Revolution to overthrow the Qing Dynasty -
Chen Duxiu
Was a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher, and author, who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party.Chen joined the faculty of Peking University in 1917 -
Begining of the Party
The party was founded in July 1921 in Shanghai -
Mao Becomes Leader of the Party
He became an early member of the Communist Party of China (CPC), soon rising to a senior position. -
Mao Zedong's Communist
Through the Peasant Movement Training Institute, Mao took an active role in organizing the revolutionary Hunanese peasants and preparing them for militant activity, taking them through military training exercises and getting them to study various left-wing texts -
Japan invades china
Japan invaded Manchuria outright after the Mukden Incident (九一八事變) in September 1931. -
Jiang Deafets Mao
With help from foreign military advisers, Chiang's Fifth Campaign finally surrounded the Chinese Red Army in 1934. -
The Start of the Second Sino-Japanese War
It was a military conflict fought primarily between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan from 1937 to 1941. -
The End of the war
Chinese victory as part of the Allied victory in the Pacific War -
Communist seize control
People's Republic of China controlling mainland China (including Hainan), and the Republic of China's jurisdiction being restricted to Taiwan, Penghu, Quemoy, Matsu and several outlying islands.
