Causes of the first period of the Chinese Civil War By UPAEP3371156 1911 Double tenth revolution 1911 Imperial manchu dynasty 1912 Guomindang 1912 Sun Yixian becomes president 1916 Warlord era 1916 Death of Yuan Shikai 1921 Appearance of Chinese communist party 1923 1st united front 1927 Jiang Jieshi becomes GMD leader 1927 GMD turns against communists
