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Period: to
Sino-Japanese war
Fought over Korea.
Japan won. -
Period: to
Boxer rebellion
Anti-Christian / western uprising in northern China
Allied victory (Boxer protocol signed) -
Republican government established
Qing dynasty fell.
Led to a ‘warlord’ period. -
Treaty of Versailles
Turning point for China. -
The nationalist party was created
KMT or GMD -
The Chinese communist party was created
CCP
Formed in Shanghai -
Period: to
Northern expedition
KMT and CCP wanted to remove warlords in northern China -
Period: to
The long march of the CCP
Communists were mostly driven out of southern China -
Rape of Nanjing
Japanese pushes nationalists out of Nanjing. (Goes to Chongquing) -
Civil war
After WW2, Japan was defeated, and there was a civil war between the communists and nationalist.