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The feeling of overthrow of the Manchu dinasty
China was in a desperate condition, and there was a growing feeling that the ruling Manchu dinasty should be overthrown so that China could be westernized and democracy introduced. -
The dinasty was overthrown
The ruling dynasty was overthrown in a revolution known as the Double Tenth. -
The inspiration of the May Fourth Movement
The significance of the movement was it was dedicated to change and the rebirth of China as a proud and independent nation. The Bolshevik revolution of 1917 was a practical example. -
The May Fourth movement
Students led a mass demostration in Beinjing against the warlords and the foreign controll of China. -
Lack of unity
The increasing lack of unity: indeed regionalism or provincialism -
The warlords
With the abdication and death of Yuan , China lost the only image that had maintained some degree of unity and China broke up into smalls states controlled by a warlord and his private army -
The first United Front
The GMD and the CCP wanted to unify China , they agreed that the first step to this was to get rid of the warlords. -
The northern Expedition
Together with the communists ,the GMD set out a crush to warlords of the central and northern of China -
The GMD and the communist victories
Both gruops had captured Hangzhou, Shanghai and Nanjing -
The White Terror
The GMD attacks the CCP in Shanghai
