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Mao Zedong Birth
Important figure in the communist party, who won the nationalists and become president of the People's Republic of China in 1949. -
The Qing dynasty ends
The Kuomintang revolutionary leaders overthrow the last emperor of the Qing dynasty. The Qing dynasty had been in power since 1644, even though their poer started to dwindle and fell in 1911. -
Sun Yixian is the president of the new Republic of China
Sun Yixian was the first great leader of the Koumintang (Nationalist Party), he succeed in overthrowing the Qing Dynasty. He held the post of president for just six weeks, and turned over the presidency to Yuan Shikai. -
Yuan Shikai is the new president of the new Republic of China
Yuan Shikai was a powerfull general of the Nationalist party. By 1913, he betrayed the ideals of the revolution and was rulling as a military dictator. -
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World War I
World War I was the world’s first global conflict, the “Great War” beetween Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy and Japan. -
Yuan Shikai dies
After Yuan Shikai dies, local revolts ocurred and chaos reigned in China. -
Chinese government in Beijing declare war against Germany.
The government decided to enter World War I, becuase they thought that the Allies would return control of a Chinese port to Chinese, even though with the Treaty of Versailles the Allies gaved Japan the territory. -
The May Fourth Movement began
The May fourth movement was a national movement made of students, workers, manufacters, against the influence of other countries in China. -
Chinese Communist Party was founded
The chinese communist party was a group of intelectuals that viewed Marx's Revolutionary beliefs and the Soviet union as a model for political and economical changes in China. One of its most important founders is Mao Zedong. -
The Soviets help the Chinese Nationalist Government
Lenin seized the oportunity to help China's Nationalist government. He began to sending military advisers and equipment to the Nationalists in return for allowing the Chinese Communists to join the Koumintang. -
Sun Yixian Death
Sun Yixian was the head of the Kuomintang party, was president of the new Republic of China (1912) and is still known as the "father of the modern China". -
Chiang Kai-shek heeaded the Koumintang party
After Sun's death, Chiang Kai-Shek headed the Kuomintang party. -
Shaghai Masacre
In April 1927, Nationalist troops armed against the Communists, they killed their leaders, they almost wiped out the Chinese Communist Party. Its few survivors went into hiding. -
Civil War begins
After the Shaghai masacre, the communist rage erupted in a civil war that would last until 1949. Jiang's government had promised democracy and plitical rights to Chinese, even though he became less democratic and more corrupt. The peasant joined the Communist party, Red Arrmy, headed by the revolutionary Mao Zedong versus the nationalist forces leaded by Chaing Kai-shek -
Chiang Kai-shek is the president of the new Republic of China
Chiang Kai-shek was a Chinese military and political leader who was the head of the Kuomintang Party. At first he he put aside his differences with the Communist, even though he turned against the communist is 1927. -
Japan invades Manchuria
Japanese forces took advantage of China's weakening situation, they started by invading Manchurria, an industrialize province in the northeast part of China -
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The Long March
Jiang's army surrounded the the Communists mountain stroghold, the Communist forces fled. They began a long journey, called the Long March, until they arrieve to northwestern China where they settled. Only one thrid of the Red Army, survived this long and hard journey. -
Japan launches invasion to China
In 1937, the Japanes launches a complete invasion of China. Massive bombings of villages and cities, killed thousands of Chinese and caused many to die of starvation. By 1938, Japan held control of a large part of China. This invation caused the Nationalist and Communist forces to unite, in order to fight the Japanese. -
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World War II
The Second World War was the most widespread and deadliest war in history, involving more than 30 countries. Started by Adolf Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939, and ended withl the final Allied defeat of both Nazi Germany and Japan. -
U.S Sent Help To Nationalist armies
The U.S government sents about 1.5 billion dollars to aid China to fight Japan's invasion. -
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Cold War
Political and military tensions between the two nations, the United States and the Soviet Union, rsulted in the Cold War. -
Chinese Civil War Ends
The Communist Forces win this civil war, and expell out of the country the Nationalist forces to Taiwan. -
Mao Zedong gained control of the People´s Republic of China
The Communist Party wins the civil war, and its most important leader becames the head of the new People's Republic of China with the support of the people due to a promised agrarian reform.
