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Qing dynasty rules China
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New president of the Republic of China
Sun becames president of the Republic of China -
End of Qing dynasty
Sun`s alliance overthrows the last emperor of the Qing dynasty -
Second president of the Republic of China
Yuan becames president of the Republic of China -
Yuan`s dictatorship
Yuan becames a military dictator -
Yuan`s actions caused revolts
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Declares war against Germany
Beijing`s government declared war against Germany -
Fourth of may movement
Students gathered in the center of Beijing and protested against European imperialists -
Intellectuals discuss about Marxism
Intellectuals met in Shanghai and Beijing to discuss Marx`s revolutionary beliefs -
Jiang Jieshi becames the communist leader
Sun Yixian dies and Jiang Jieshi becames the comunist leaders -
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Nationalists and comunists fight for control of china
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Civil war begins
Nationalists moved into shanghai and killed many communist leaders -
Jiang became president of the Nationalist Republic of China
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Bloody civil war
Nationalists and communists fight in a bloody civil war -
Nationalists surround communists
Nationalist forces surrounded Communists and outnumbered them nearly by six to one. Comminists relized they were going to be defeated. -
Long march
Communist forces began a 6000-mile-long journey. -
Japan invades China
Japan forces took advantage of China`s weakening situation and invaded Manchuria -
Japan controls a part of China
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Civil war continues
When WWII ends, the war between Communists and Nationalists continues and the communists gain complete domination of Northwest China. -
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Renewed civil war
Communist and Nationalists war coninues. By 1949, Communists gained control of the country.
