Chinese civil war

Causes of Chinese Civil War

  • First Sino-Japanese War

    First Sino-Japanese War
    When the war finished China was humillieated by Japan, this will cause doubts and incertitud about the Manchu dinasty, so the uncomfortability of the people will create the wish of a new and modern China
  • Pu Yi Emperor

    Pu Yi Emperor
    The death of the emperor means that the power succession in a two-year-old-boy, Pu Yi. The brother of the emperor,Prince Chun ruled as a regent, but was not capable of gover, this lead to a revolution
  • Double Tenth Revolution

    Double Tenth Revolution
    This event marked the finish of the Manchu dinasty, and the creation of the Chinise republic, which Sun Yixian would be the president.
  • The rule of Yuan Shikai

    The rule of Yuan Shikai
    1912 – 1915
    Yuan Shikai rule as a dictator, dissolvved the assembly and the low popularity and high opposition they had were a cause of the chinese civil war
  • Bolshevik Revolution

    Bolshevik Revolution
    In this revolution the peasants and working class people of Russia revolted against the government, then the chinese people took inspiration and ideas including communism from this event
  • May Fourth Movement

    May Fourth Movement
    3000 Beijin university students went to protest against the Versailles treaty and wanted to present letters because of the 21 demands, this is an importnat event because it´s the origin of a new cultural movement in China.
  • Creation of the CCP

    Creation of the CCP
    The creation of this party is very important because they are going to be the insurgents in the civil war and an importat part in the defeat of the warlords.
  • First United Front established

    First United Front established
    The GMD and the CCP join to defeat the Warlords and have a new country and this will lead to the end of the warlord era
  • Northern Expedition

    Northern Expedition
    This will crush the warlords of central and northern China. They will took Beijin and would help to seat the new capita: Nanjing. this movement wolud destroy the power of the warlords
  • The GMD attacks the CCP

    The GMD attacks the CCP
    This event was the one which detonate the civil war, the whithe terror, the Shangai massacre and the purification movement were events where the GMD attacks all the communist people in oreder to destroy them