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End of dynasties
End of dynasties, communism takes over -
Sun Yat declared president
Sun Yat was declared president, a new goverment is created with senate and Lower House -
Guomingdang competes wuth Communist party
In 1920, the Guomindang (nationalist ) were in competition with the Communist party -
Communist Party founded
Mao was one of the twelve founders of the Chinese Communist Party at its first congress in 1921. -
Sun Yat Sen died
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Alliance between Guomindang and communist finishes
The alliance fell apart. The leader of Guomindang, Chaing Kai Shek, got mad at the communist for trying to foment social revolution. -
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Route
368 days en route -
Mao leader of Communist Party
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Nanking destroyed
They destroyed the city named nankins, they reacted by troops putting on civilian clothes and abandoning the city. -
Rectification program starts
Students and intellectuals were sent down down to the country side and work, so they could know how “real china” was like. -
People's Republic of China
The People’s Republic of China was declared -
Political Changes
Chiang retired from presidency; Mao Zedong proclaimed People's Republic of China; Chiang retreated to Taiwan -
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People accused
28,000,332 people were accused and executed. -
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China's 5 year plan
-121% of industrialization- China’s population grew to 646 million
- Peasants had to grow lots of grain and sell it at low prices
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Great Leap Forward:
20 million people died in 3 years -
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Cultural Revolution:
-buildings and art demolished -old culture, old habits, old ideas and old customs were not supported by the students and the young people -intellectuals were sent again to the countryside in 1942 -
Mao falls in a Coma
