"Causes of the first period of the Chinese civil war"

By Daniela Elorza
  • Period: to

    Political weakness: regionalism

    Increasing lack of unity in the country by the secind decade of the 20th century.
    Regionalism was to play a significant role in the causes of war.
  • May Fourth Movement

    May Fourth Movement

    Students led a mass demonstration in Beijing against the wardlords, it was made to dedicate to the change and rebirth of China.
  • Communist and Nationalists

    Communist and Nationalists

    A revolutioanry party emerged during the warlords period which was the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
  • Attempt to unify China: First United Front.

    Attempt to unify China: First United Front.

    GMD and CPP agreed that the first step to unify china was to get rid of the warlords and they formed the First United Front.
  • Immediate Cause.

    Immediate Cause.

    GMD attacks CCP.