China 20th century

  • wu-chang uprising

    emperor puyi was kicked
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    China 20th century

  • rep. of china established

    rep. of China established in Nanjing
  • KMT

    The kuo ming tang is formed
  • 21 demands

    Japan gave 21 demands to China, which gives Japan a lot more power and land in china
  • yuan shikai becomes president

    emperor puyi officially abdicates, and Yuan Shikai becomes emperor/president
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    warlord era

  • yuan abdicates

    yuan abdicates and died
  • may 4th movement

    students protest against the treaty of Versailles on may 4th
  • sun yat-sen went to guangzhou

    sun Yat-sen went to Guangzhou to try to consolidate China.
  • CCP

    communist party was founded
  • the republic of china was established

    puyi is still the emperor, but all power goes to the provisional government
  • united front

    CCP and KMT works together to defeat warlordism
  • sun yat-sen dies

    sun yat-sen dies of cancer
  • KMT power goes to chiang kai-shek

    KMT power goes to chiang kai-shek after sun dies
  • civil war begins

    KMT vs commusists
  • massacre in shanghai

    KMT slaughters CCPs in
    shanghai
  • communists nearly lost to KMT

    communists nearly lost to KMT and did the long march
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    2nd sino-japanese war

    2nd sino-japanese war between china and japan
  • civil war again

    japanese left after WWll so civil war is on again
  • communists won

    KMT retreated to Taiwan and communists created the people's republic of China.
  • enforcing Tibet

    china sends troop to Tibet to enforce claim.
  • the great leap forward

    mao launches the great leap forward, a five-year economic plan, which is mostly doing a lot of labor.
  • suppresses revolt in Tibet

    A large-scaled revolt is suppressed in Tibet