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China From 1911-1976

  • Fall of China's Dynasty

    Fall of China's Dynasty
    China's 5-year old emporer get kicked out of power. The date this happened was known as "The Double Tenth", one of the worst dates in Chinese history.
  • Sun Yatsen Came Into Power

    Sun Yatsen Came Into Power
    Before this time, Sun organized a political party called the Guomindang.
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  • Sun Yatsen Government Fails

    Sun Yatsen's new government did not have enough money or soldiers to hang on to their new power. Sun had to turn the president position to Yuan Shikai, who had money and soldiers.
  • Nationalist Come Into Power

    Nationalist Come Into Power
    NO INFO.
  • Mao Tse-tung Founded Communism

    Mao Tse-tung Founded Communism
    Mao was "Chairman Mao" untill he died in 1976
  • Sun Yatsen Dies and Chiang Kaishek Takes Over

    Sun Yatsen Dies and Chiang Kaishek Takes Over
    Chiang is now the leader of the communists.
  • Chiang Controls Most of Southern China

    Chiang Controls Most of Southern China
    NO INFO.
  • Chiang Kills Thousands of Communists

    Chiang Kills Thousands of Communists
    Only a few hundred or so communists fled to the countryside along with Mao
  • Mao Escapes to Countryside With Other Communist

  • Japan Invades Manchuria

  • Mao Organizes a Soviet in Jianxi

    Mao Organizes a Soviet in Jianxi
  • Chiang Attacks Jianxi Soviet

  • The Long March

    The Long March
  • The Japanese Invade Eastern China

    The Japanese Invade Eastern China
  • Chinese Civil War

    Lasted from 1946 to 1949
  • End of Civil War

    This is the year of the end of the civil war
  • The Great Leap Forward

    The Great Leap Forward
    In about only one year, this plan fails big time.
  • Cultural Revolution

    Cultural Revolution
  • End of Cultural Revolution