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Sun Yat-sen was elected president of the Provisional Government of the Republic of China, with a majority of sixteen of the seventeen provincial representatives of the Tongmenghui in Nanjing
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New Army soldiers staged a mutiny in Wuchang District and occupied the residence of the Viceroy of Huguang.
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Military revolts by reform-minded officers lead to proclamation of Republic of China under Sun Yat-sen and abdication of last Qing emperor. Republic struggles to consolidate its rule amid regional warlordism and the rise of the Communist Party.
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Yuan Shikai was a Chinese military and government official who rose to power during the late Qing dynasty and tried to save the dynasty with a number of modernization projects including bureaucratic, fiscal, judicial, educational, and other reforms.
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Sun Yat-Sen dies and Chang Kai Shek takes his place as the leader of Guomindang.
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A war between the two Chinese government ideals, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Nationalist Party, or Kuomintang (KMT).
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The attack of the Kwantung Army of Imperial Japan invaded Manchuria in direct response to the Mukden Incident.
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Zhang Xueliang arrested Chiang in Xi'an due to concerns he was insufficiently committed to anti-Japanese resistance.
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Kwantung Army invaded Manchuria immediately after the Mukden Incident.
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In December, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. The United States attack Japan from 1941-1945. In August the United States dropped 2 atomic bombs on Japan.
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Japanese forces in China formally surrendered to Chiang Kai-shek.
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China regains control of Taiwan from Japan and was proclaimed as Retrocession Day. Chen Yi of the Kuomintang was appointed Chief Executive.
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February 28 Incident: Nationalist forces violently suppressed an anti-government protest in Taiwan Province.
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Following the Chinese Revolution of 1949. Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong declared the creation of People's Republic of China (PRC).
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Communistic military forces that helped Mao Zedong come into power over China in 1949.
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Deng created reforms during his rule that covered all aspects of China's political, economic and social life, restoring the country to a standard in domestic stability and growth in economics.