Causes of the Chinese Civil War

  • Manchu Dynasty

    Manchu Dynasty
    During this, China was exploited by the foreign powers,this caused internal problems and revolutions.
  • Chinese Revolution

    Chinese Revolution
    This revolution consisted of many revolts and uprisings, the important point was the Wuchang uprising, which was the result of the mishandling of the Railway Protection Movement, external and internal problems arrived to China.
  • The Arrive of the Warlords

    The Arrive of the Warlords
    After the death of Sikai, the warlords arrived to China, they manipuladed and taked power and territories.
  • Political Weakness in China

    Political Weakness in China
    When the Warlords arrived to China, they get a lot of power and territories, also they tax the people increasing the mad of the population.
  • The May Fourth Movement

    The May Fourth Movement
    It was a protestant movement of students searching to stop the warlords, to make China a independent nation again. They also presented letters against the foreign minister
  • Three Principles of the People

    Three Principles of the People
    This was maded by Sun Yatsen, the ideas in this moment were against Chinese and in part they were adapted to the Chinese situation in that moment.
  • Northern Expedition

    Northern Expedition
    This was a campaign of the Chinese Nationalist army (then allied with the communists), with the objetive to crush the warlords, but this created more conflicts and internal problems.
  • Jiang Jieshi

    Jiang Jieshi
    The problem when he governed, was that it was no progress towards democracy, his govt was noturiously corrupt, he used support from landlords.
  • The GMD attacks the CCP

    The GMD attacks the CCP
    First, they make an alliance to unify China,but at the final, it was a result of the CCP promise of land to the peasants and GMD ambitions, creating conlficts and wars.
  • The Shangai Massacre

    The Shangai Massacre
    This tragic event was the violent suppression of Communist Party organizations in Shanghai, they were a turning point in China’s political development.