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Mao Tse-Tung comes to power and founds the communist party.
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Sun Yat Sen forms an alliance with the Chinese Communists and Russia.
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Sun Yat Sen dies and Chaing becomes the leader Guamindang.
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Chaing Kai Shek comes to power and forms and Nationalist Party.
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After breaking through the nationalists, the communists march for 5,00 miles to keep the idea of communism alive.
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Japan has control of most of northern China.
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Japan bombs Pearl Harbor in an attempt to nutralize the US Pacific Fleet.
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The United States drops two atomic bombs on Japan causing them to surrender officailly ending the conflict between the US and Japan.
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After the US supplied Chaing with money, weapons, and extra supplies, a Civil War broke out. By 1949, Chaing knew he was defeated and fled across the ocean to Taiwan.
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The Nationalists lose to the communists and declair the Peoples Republic of China.
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Millions of teenagers march through the streets waving their little red books.
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The Great Leap Forward was an attempt to make China a more modern country, but it was unsuccessful.
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Mao has Liu Shaoqi arrested, who later died from brutal beatings and lack of medical care.
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After being in poor health for several years and suffering a heart attack, Mao Tse-Tung dies at 33 years old.
