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He enforced and established a modern government based on nationalism, people's rights, and people's livelihood.
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Betrayed the democratic ideals of the revolution and ruled as a military dictator, and his actions sparked local revolts.
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Allied leaders gave Japan the territories and privilages that had previously belonged to Germany.
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3,000 angry students gathered in Beijing to protest european imperialism in China.
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It was formed by Mao Zedong and later became the leader of Communist China. It was a movement for China to become autonomous.
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Great Britain and the USA recognized the new government and communist countries don't recognize it.
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Nationalists and communists fought for political control of China.
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Japanese forces took advantage of China's weakening situation and invaded Manchuria. This signaled the onset of World War II.
Japanese dropped bombs in China, killing thousands of chinese and damaging their farms and crops.
Japan then held large control over China; nationalists and communists united to fight Japanese. Jiang made changes in Sun's "Three principles of the People". -
Nationalists defeated communists, so communists ran away to north of China and retreated to go back to war.
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Mao's army controlled much of northern China, while nationalists dominated southwestern China.
Japanese had an army of 2.5 million men, while USA and nationalist army had 1.5 billion in aid to fight the Japanese.
Supplies and money ended up in hands of a few corrupt officers.
Nationalists and Communists resumed their civil war. -
China's economy was collapsing, thousand of Nationalist soldiers desserted to the Communists.
China's major cities fled to the Red forces, and Mao Zedong gained control of the country naming it People's Republic of China.
Jiang and other nationalists retreated to the island of Taiwan.
Mao's victory fueled US anti-communist feelings.
