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Fall of the Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was overthrown by the Revolutionary Alliance, who wanted modernization -
Sun Yixian becomes president
He is declared president by the republic of Nankín -
Kuomintang was formed
the Kuomintang was a union of revolutionary groups that joined against the Qing dynasty -
Sun Yixian is exiled
he is exiled to Japan after trying to take down Yuan Shikai -
World War I begins
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Yuan Shikain dies
After three years of dictatorship, the Chinese president dies. -
China declares war on Germany
Chinese declared war in Germany so they could gain control over part of their territory influenced by germany. -
World War I ends
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May Fourth Movement
A protest in China against the Treaty of Versailles, which let the Japanese keep their control over tsingtao. They were againts the foreing interference in China -
Treaty of Versailles
The Threaty of Versailles was singed exactly five years after World War I started. This treaty allowed Japan to keep influencing Chinese territory -
Sun Yixian dies
Just after returning to Pekin, Sun died from cancer. -
Japan invades China
the Japanese invade China´s northern territory called Manchuria. Japan was trying to expand thier empire. -
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Long March
The Communist Red Army was forced to retreat to avoid the Koumitang. The treck lasted a year, and 30% of the people that started survived. -
Marco Polo Bridge incident
The event that started the conflict/war between China and Japan -
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Second Sino-Japanese Wars
The Japanese started a full invasion to Chinese territory. The Chinese were aided by U.S.A. Also, communist and nationalist made an "alliance" to fight Japan, but they didnt join forces. -
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The Soviet Union Helped China
The Soviet union helped China against Japan until they singed a peace treaty for WWII with Japan -
World War II starts
In september first Germany invaded Poland. China eas in the allies side. -
World War II ends
The surrender documents singed in a US boat ends the war -
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Chinese Civil War
War between communists and nationalist after their temporary loosse agreement to fight common enemies -
Mao Zedong names the country the People´s Republic of China
Communists won the civil war and gained control over the Chinese Territory. -
Nationalists were exiled
The communists exiled the nationalists to the island of Taiwan
