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China 20th Century TImeline
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Dynasty
In 1911 the dynasty collapses and Sun Yat-Sen returns to China and came into power. -
Communist party
Mao Tse-Tung was the leader of the communist and in 1921 he founded the communist party. -
Alliance
Sun Yat-Sen forms and alliance with the Chinese communists and the Russians. This is giving the communists more power instead of the nationalists. -
New Leader in China.
Sun Yat-Sen dies in 1925 and the nationalist Chaing Kai-Shek became the leader. This causes problems because the communist party is starting to grow. -
Chaing Kai-Shek (Nationalist)
Chaing Kai-Shek is a nationalist and leader of the KMT. He kicks out the soviets so the communist party wouldn't get more power. -
Leader falls
Chaing Kai-Shek is becoming more and more unpopular in China because the idea of communism spreads. This is where he is kidnapped and the communists take over. -
Pearl Harbor
Japan attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. This makes America made and they are going to retaliate. -
America retaliates
USA drops and atomic bomb on Japan to retaliate for Pearl Harbor. This settles the fight between America and Japan. -
Taiwan
In 1949 Chaing Kai-Shek gets very afraid and flees across the seas to China. -
Land Reform
Mao's new government followed and made a Land Reform Law. This is an attempt to make everything equal with the communists and they take the houses away from the richest people. Some people who gave up their houses were still executed for being a capitalist. -
Communists
The communist party drove al of the western buisnessmen out of the country. This started the "five year plan" which would make better industries. -
Great Leap Foward
Mao Tse Tung launched the great leap foward. This made everyone work so they would get greater industrialisation. China wanted to be a stronger country and by make more things of their own. The great leap foward failed and industrialisation is actually slower. -
Red Guards
Millions of teenages were made "red guards" and they marched China with the little red book and worshiped Mao. They took all the power from the old people and gave all of the jobs to the younger generation. -
Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaqoi who was a capitalist was arrested by Mao Tse Tung and beaten in a prison. Then the lack of doctors/medical care was what made him die.
