CHINA
Opium War
-lose to Britain b/c not industrialized
*pay indemnity
*lose Hong Kong
*extraterritoriality *open 5 ports for trade
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Whenever you see May Fourth Movement
-strengthen China against the west
need to modernize
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Righteous Harmonious Fists aka the Boxers
-want to get rid of foreigners
-rebellion-attack foreigners
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3-sided struggle over control of China is btw
-Japan
-Guomindang (Nationalist Party)
-Communists
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Communists
-leader of Communists-Mao
Zedong
-follow ideas of Karl Marx
-saw that a communist revolution was successful in
Russia
-Jiang
Jieshi-leader of Guomindang aka
Nationalist Party
-see communists as competition for power
want to get rid of them
attackLong March-head north to escape
Guomindang
-Mao enforces strict rules during Long March
gain followers
-gain support among the PEASANTS
-Communists win the civil war
Jiang Jieshi and Guomindang flee the country
and go to Taiwan
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JAPAN
Whenever you see MEIJI
-modernize-reform-westernize-industrialize
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Begin to follow policy of imperialism-want an
empire b/c need
-natural resources for industry
-outlet for population
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1920s-becoming more democratic
Great Depression hitseconomic problems
1930s
-military and extreme nationalists taking over
CHINA
Opium War
-lose to Britain b/c not industrialized
-sign Treaty o Versailles
*pay indemnity
*lose Hong Kong
*extraterritoriality *open 5 ports for trade
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Whenever you see May Fourth Movement
-strengthen China against the west
need to modernize
Righteous Harmonious Fists aka the Boxers
-want to get rid of foreigners
-rebellion-attack foreigners
3-sided struggle over control of China is btw
-Japan
-Guomindang (Nationalist Party)
-Communists
Communists
-leader of Communists-Mao
Zedong
-follow ideas of Karl Marx
-saw that a communist revolution was successful in
Russia
-Jiang
Jieshi-leader of Guomindang aka
Nationalist Party
-see communists as competition for power
want to get rid of them
attackLong March-head north to escape
Guomindang
-Mao enforces strict rules during Long March
gain followers
-gain support among the PEASANTS
-Communists win the civil war
Jiang Jieshi and Guomindang flee the country
and go to Taiwan
CHINA
Guomindang aka Nationalist Party
-leader is Jiang Jieshi (Chiang kai-shek)
-wants to eliminate the Communists who he sees as competition
-followers become angry w/him b/c getting rid of Japan should
be the top priority not fighting the communists
Communists=Reds or Red Army
-Mao Zedong-leader
-ideas on Communism from Karl Marx-Communist Manifesto
-Take the Long March b/c fleeing from Guomindang (Nationalists)
-strict discipline while on marchgain followers
-believed the rural peasants would help lead the revolution
JAPAN
Japan realized that they must change to survive
 begin a policy of reform that turned Japan into a modern
industrial nation
The symbol of the new era was the young emperor Mutsuhito
-he called his reign the Meiji-meaning “Enlightened
Rule”
this period became known as the Meiji Restoration
-1920s-Japan becoming more democratic
*all men gain right to vote
-1930s-military/conservatives/ultranationalists gaining power
WHY?
*Great Depressionmillions lost their jobs
blame problems on western ways
want to return to conservative ways
stressed loyalty and service to the country
military/conservatives/ultranationalists want to expand
-want an empire like many of the western nations
-also needs resources
-need an outlet for Japan’s increasing population
-attacks China since they are weak from years of civil war and famine
Whenever you see the term May Fourth Movement think
-movement to strengthen/modernize/westernize China