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The revolution in China led to the end of the Qing Dynasty.
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Sun Yat Sen was declared president of a provisional republic, and a new government was created with a new senate and lower house.
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In 1921, Mao became a founding member in the Chinese Communist Party.
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In 1925, Sun Yat Sen dies.
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The alliance fell apart when Guomindang leader Chiang Kai Shek got mad at the communist for trying to foment socialist revolution.
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En Route 368 Days
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Mao led his followers on the 'Long March', a 6,000 mile journey to northwest China to establish a new base.
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Nationalist dressed as civilians and fled in response to the Japansese invasion.
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Students and intellectuals were sent down to the countryside to give them a taste of what “real china” was like and to re-educate them.
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The was written into the party’s constitution.
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In 1949, the declaration of the Peoples Republic of China is created.
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Chiang retired from presidency; Mao Zedong proclaimed People's Republic of China;
Chiang retreated to Taiwan -
28,332 people were killed during this time period.
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Living standards improved, Chinas population grew to 646 million, and the idea of “The Great Leap Forward”
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20 million people died during this time period.
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-intellectuals were sent to the countryside. Millions were persecuted. Countless religious and historical artifacts were destroyed. It did not go how it was supposed to.
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In 1976 Mao dies.
