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Causes of the Chinese Civil War
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Causes of the Chinese Civil War
Following a revolution in 1911 (which overthrew the Manchu Dynasty causing destabilitation), the new Republic failed and China continued to be exploited by foreign powers (such as European imperialists). -
The Double Tenth Revolution
The Chinese Revolution was triggered not by the United League itself but by the army troops in Hubei who were urged on by the local revolutionary bodies not incorporated in the league. The accidental exposure of a mutinous plot forced a number of junior officers to choose between arrest or revolt in Wuhan. -
GMD wins majority of the parliament
Sun Yixian (Leader of the Guomindang A.K.A GMD) becomes provisional president of the Republic of China before Jiang Jieshi. -
Japan's Twenty One Demands
Seizing the opportunity effected by the onset of war in 1914, and by its status as an Allied power, Japan presented China with a secret ultimatum in January 1915 designed to give Japan regional ascendancy over China.
The '"Twenty-One Demands" Stablished that China immediately cease its leasing of territory to foreign powers and to ascent to Japanese control over Manchuria. -
Warlord Era
The Warlord era was a period when national authority in China disintegrated and the country broke apart into a jigsaw of regions, each controlled by powerful local leaders. Warlordism was to some extent a culmination of internal divisions that emerged in late Qing China. -
May Fourth Movement
The May Fourth Movement was part cultural revolution, part social movement. On the cultural side, the students had been inspired in the preceding two decades by Western thought, creating a feeling of frustration and dissatisfaction with Chinese tradition. -
The Chinese Communist Party formed
The CCP formed initially as the representation of the communism for China and also as an oposition, however, because of the common problem and situation, the Warlords was a shared problem between the CCP and the GMD, so they wanted to get rid of them first. -
First United Front
As i said previously, the common and major problem were the warlords, so both parties allied, the CCP and the GMD to get rid of them and also of the fragmentation of China, this movement resulted succesful and the warlords ceased to exist. -
Jian Jieshi becomes the leader
Becomes the leader of the GMD march, northern expedition lauched in June, the tension between Jiang and the communist central comitee. Jan March: communist led to strikes in central China threatened Jiang -
White Terror
They started kiling communist just because of being communists, and it was a big massacre. -
Sino-Japanese Influence
Two ideological were created to restructure order and regain central control over China which were the Communists and Nationalists, they started struggling in 1927 and were interrupted by the outbrake of the Sino-Japanese war in 1937 (the effects of this war were to have a major effect not just in China, also on the international stage). -
Jiang in control and GMD turns against the comunists
Jiang got control of Beijing, so according to his philosophy and the opposition, he turned against the communists, and that's how the war started.
