Chinese communism

By Travon Thurman

  • Emperor gets overthrown

    The qing dynasty was the last ruling dynasty of china.
    After the last ming dynasty commited suicide the city felland the manchus allied with the ming dynasty to overthrow Li's dynasty.

  • Communist gain support

    Japanese power in China, in 1919 Chinese protesters began calling for a stronger more independent China. Some impressed by the result of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Mao Zedong was the led of Communists. He gained support for Communists cause in southeastern China by redistributing land to the peasants and offering them schooling and health care.

  • The Long March

    The long march lasted 368 days and the communists marched 6,000 miles after a string of defeats.

  • Communists seize control

    On October 1, 1949, Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The announcement ended the costly full-scale civil war between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT), which broke out immediately following World War II and had been preceded by on and off conflict between the two sides since the 1920's. The creation of the PRC also completed the long process of governmental upheaval in China begun by

  • communists seize control continued

    the Chinese Revolution of 1911. The "fall" of mainland China to communism in 1949 led the United States to suspend diplomatic ties with the PRC for decades.