Chinese Civil War By Time waffle Nov 2, 1899 Boxer Rebellion An uprising fighting against the foreigners who China lost a massive amount of land to Oct 10, 1911 Double Tenth Revolution and the establishment of the Chinese Republic 1912 Dr. Sun Yixian becomes Provisional President of the Republic. Sun resigns and Yuan Shikai declared Provisional President. 1912 Guomindang (GMD) formed. 1915 Japan’s twenty-one demands 1916 Yuan Shikai dies and the warlord era begins. 1917 Sun attempts to set up republic in Guangzhou Russian Revolution 1917 Russian Revolution 1918 Paris Peace settlement May 4, 1919 May Fourth Movement 1921 Chinese Communist Party (CCP) formed 1922 First United Front established between GMD and CCP 1925 Sun Yixian dies. National government set up under leadership of GMD. 1928 Jiang controls Beijing, declares China united Jun 4, 1928 Assassination of Zhang Zoulin Dec 12, 1936 Zhang Xueliang and the Xian Incident 1937 First Sino-Japanese War