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  Kuomintang, or the Nationalist party overthows the last emperor of the Quin dynasty , the dynasty ruled since 1644.
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  China is disunited and divided into fiefdoms, ruled by several powerful warlords who act in their own self interest. There is no effective national government.
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  The government declares wasr on Germany and joins he allys
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  students in beijing concerns about the treatment at the Paris conference.
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  The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is formed
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  The Guomindang forms the National Revolutionary
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  communist fight the nationalist
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  Chiang Kai-Shek attacks the comunist
 only 30% of the comunist survive.
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  both parties stops war to kick out the Japanese
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  USA gets in sight the Japanese and China.
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  Russia fights the Japanese at Manchurria.
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  Guomindang troops massacre 10,000-20,000 dissidents and protestors in Taiwan.
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  Nationalist lose against the communist and leave to taiwan.
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  CCP forces capture Beijing with minimal resistance
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  Britain formally recognises the People’s Republic of China as a sovereign nation.