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The Revolution of 1911 (Chinese Revolution), was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and established the Republic of China.
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Pu Yi, the last emperor of China, was forced off his throne. This ended a nearly 300 year rule that Yi's family had had on China.
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After Sun's death from cancer in 1925, one of his proteges, Chiang Kai-shek, seized control of the Nationalist Party (or KMT) and succeeded in bringing most of south and central China under its rule.
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Sun Yatsen becomes president. Yuan Shikai outlaws the Guomindang party in the republic of China, to give himself unchallenged power as president.
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The Long March was the retreat of Mao's attack to avoid torture.
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In 1919 Chinese protesters began calling for a more independent China. Mao Zedong led the communists. He gained support for Communists China by redistributing land to the peasants and offering them schooling and health care.
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Chiang was an influential member of the Kuomintang (KMT), or Nationalist Party, and was a close ally of Sun Yat-sen. He became the Commandant of the Kuomintang's Whampoa Military Academy
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Japan wanted to dominate and get more power. During this, Japan was at war with East Asia and the Republic of China.
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Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China in Beijing on October 1, 1949.
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The Five Year Plans of the People's Republic of China were to help China rise socially and economically. They shaped their economy based upon communism.
