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Fall of Qing Dynasty
The Qing dynasty ruled China since 1644. After many years reign, it fell apart. -
Sun Yixian became the president of the New Republic China
He only ruled for six weeks.His way of government was nationalism. -
Yuan Shikai became ruler of China
He became military dictator and changed the policies of democracy that China had before. This sparked local revolts -
Chaos in China
After Yuan Shikai died, chaos took over China.It was divided in a Civil war in which the Kuomintang fought the CPC (nationalists vs communists). Real authority fell into the hands of warlords -
World War I
The government in Beijing tried to unite the two parties to fight Germany, but after the war they were still against each other -
May Fourth Movement
Students, workers, manufacturers, shopkeepers and professionals united in strike against the European imperialists, including Mao Zedong, who would later become China´s greatest revolutionary leader. -
Sun Yixian dies, Chiang Kai-Shek takes power of the Kuomintang
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Peasants start to support the CPC
Mao gained popularity because he gave lands he won to the peasants and farmers, started to argue his point. -
Communists were nearly wiped out
Nationalist troops moved into Shanghai and killed many Communist leaders. This happened in many cities and towns. The survivors had to hide to live. -
The Long March
Chiang surrounded the remaining Communists in their stronghold in the mountains. They escaped in a hazardous trek of 6,000 miles over the next year -
China is invaded by Japan
