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White lotus rebellion
There were a number of sources of discontent in Qing China. Mainly, many people regarded the government as being weak and corrupt.
Discontent was manifest in a series of internal rebellions in the nineteenth century, beginning with the White Lotus rebellion (1794–1804). -
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Fall of the Qing
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Population pressure
This would lay the foundation for the doubling of the Chinese population between 1650 and 1800. -
Opium
European want tea from China but China dosen't want to trade with European so European use opium to sell for tea -
Opium war
China started to stopped opium in country so they has a fight with European -
Japan take over Formoser
Japan was also trying to extend its power in the area. They took control of the islands off China, including Taiwan. -
Boxer rebeilion
As foreign influence grew, so did nationalism. Nationalism was growing all around the world. The Chinese people wanted to be free of foreign influence. The Chinese rebels attacked the Foreign Nationals in Beijing in 1900. They were beaten by the Foreign armies and China was punished. They had to pay $330 million. This further weakened the Qing and its power in China. They lost the support of the people. The end of the Mandate of Heaven. -
The Qing Dynasty has fallen
Sun Yixian takes over as President – he hopes to build China through –The people, Nationalism and Democracy -
The beginning of the Republic
The beginning of the Republic under Sun Yixian, the founder of the Republic and founder of KMT -
The Warlord Era
The era lasted from the death of Yuan Shikai in 1916 until 1928 (with the conclusion of the Northern Expedition with the Northeast Flag Replacement, the beginning of the "Nanjing decade"). However, when old warlords, such as Wu Peifu and Sun Chuanfang, were deposed, new minor warlords persisted into the 1930s and 1940s, as the central government struggled to keep its allies under rein, a great problem for the Kuomintang (KMT) through World War II and after during the Chinese Civil War. Some of t -
Jiang Jeishi takes control of the KMT
In 1926 Jiang Jeishi took control of the Nationalist Party (the Kuomintang -KMT) and smashed the Warlords – his aim was to unite China.
He needed the Chinese Communist Party to help. -
The Long March
The NATIONALISTS continually attacked the Communists who retreated.
This became known as the Long March. During the Long March Mao enforced strict discipline - his soldiers were told to treat people with respect and pay for food and not to damage peoples crops.
The communists were made welcome.
The Nationalists treated people harshly. -
The Hundred Flowers Campaign
So, on February 27, 1957, Mao made an unusual request. He called for the nation's intellectuals and asked them to engage in open criticism of the Party. Some believe this was a trick. -
The great leap forward
The Great Leap Forward was Mao’s attempt to modernize China’s economy. One that, by 1988, would rival America. Forced farmers to work in “communes” instead of for themselves -
The Cultural Revolution
After the Great Leap Forward, Mao was unpopular. The Cultural Revolution was Mao’s attempt to regain power over the government. This was a time of very little freedom in China. -
Chairman Mao Zedong dies
Mao Tse-tung died from complications of Parkinson's disease on September 09, 1976, at the age of 82, in Beijing, China.
