Brian and Lynn

Key Ideas
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The Main Conflict: Nationalism vs
Communism
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Nationalists: Democracy
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Communists: Communism
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After the fall of Qing Dynasty,
Nationalist and Communist parties fought for power
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Start of Communism in China

Back Ground
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Nationalism VS Communism
Key Characters
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-Sun Yixian: leader of Kuomintang,
Nationalist
-Kuomintang: Nationalist Party
-Mao Zedong: Founder of Chinese
Communist Party
-Jiang Jieshi: Successor of Sun, Nationalist

…And the Battle Begins
Nationalists
(Kuomintang)
VS The Chinese
Communist Party

Sun Yixian
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Sun Yixian formed a Nationalist group,
Kuomintang.
-Kuomintang overthrew the Qing
Dynasty.
-Sun became president of China(1912).

Three Principles of People
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2.
3.
Sun’s Ideas: “Three Principles of
People”
Nationalism: no more foreign rule
Democracy: give people rights
Economic security
Sun only lasted for 6 weeks as the president.

Yuan Shikai
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Yuan Shikai overthrew
Sun and became president
(1912).
-No more democracy:
Military Rule
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Local Revolts
Yuan died (1916)

Chaos in China
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Chaos in China (1916)
-The government of China lost its power.
-Warlords stole from peasants.
-Constant civil wars
-Peasants died of hunger.

WWI and China
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Meanwhile, Europe was in WWI
-China’s government declared war against Germany.
-Thought the Allies would give back the
German colonies in China
-Treaty of Versailles: Allies gave the
German colonies to Japan

The Chinese were Outraged..

Nationalists allies with
Communists
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May Fourth Movement
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Mao Zedong forms the Chinese
Communist Party

Jiang Jieshi
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Jiang Jieshi (a.k.a. Chiang Kai-shek) took over the Kuomintang.
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Jiang betrayed the Communists and massacred the Chinese Communist
Party (1927).
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Jiang becomes president of
China(1928).

The Rise of Mao Zedong
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Jiang’s government was a failure
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Peasants supported the Chinese
Communist Party.
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Mao Zedong’s Revolution:
-“Swimming in the peasant-sea”
-A Communist revolution based on the support from peasants
-Mao led the Red Army

Mao Zedong
“The force of peasantry is like that of the raging winds and driving rain. It is rapidly increasing in violence. No force can stand in its way. The peasantry will tear apart all nets which bind it and hasten along the road to liberation.
They will bury beneath them all forces of imperialism, militarism, corrupt officialdom, village bosses, and evil
gentry. ”

Start of Communism
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Mao’s Revolution=Marxist Ideas
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Mao’s Chinese Communist Party was the start of Communism in China.
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China is still a Communist country.
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China’s Communist views have caused tension between Democratic
Western Nations VS Communist
Nations

The Long March
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Civil War (1930): Mao Zedong (Communists) vs Jiang Jieshi (Nationalists)
1933~1934 – Jiang’s Nationalist army grows
-Jiang repeatedly attacks the Communists and surrounds them
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The Long March: Mao and his Communist army running away from the Nationalists

Japan Invades China
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1928: Japan and China goes to war
-Japan takes control of a small part in
China1936
Jiang is forced to make the "United Front" with the Communist party to fight against
Japan.
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1937: Japan started an all out invasion against China by crossing Korea to
Manchkuo.

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