Causes of the first period of the Chinese civil war By machicabrera 1900 China was ruled by the imperial Manchu Dynasty Period: 1904 to 1905 Ruso-Japanese War 1911 Double Tenth 1912 Guomindang party reformed 1912 End of Manchu rule in China 1919 The May Fourth Movement Period: 1920 to 1929 Warlord Era 1922 First United Front 1926 Northern Expedition 1927 White Terror
