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jiang jeishi defeats mao's communists and the communists flee in "the long march"
an uprising in Vienna leads to the immediate resignation of the long-serving chancellor Klemens von Metternich -
the revolutionary alliance overthrows the last chinese emporer
The Xinhai Revolution, or the Hsin-hai Revolution, also known as the Revolution of 1911 or the Chinese Revolution, was a revolution that overthrew China's last imperial dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and established the Republic of China. -
Sun Yat Sen
He Was a Chinese revolutionary and political leader. As the foremost pioneer of Republican China, Sun is frequently referred to as the Father of the Nation. -
mao zedong's communist party gains support from the peasants by giving them land
Mao Zedong leads a delegation to the First Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai.In 1935 Mao Zedong wins control over the Chinese Communists during the Long March -
the communist party seizes control of china
During the 1920s, Communist Party of China activists retreated underground. and communist control china -
Shanghai Massacre
also known as the April 12 Incident, was a large-scale purge of Communists from the Kuomintang in Shanghai, ordered by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek on 12 April 1927, during the Northern Expedition. -
Chang Kai-Shek
He ruled the chinese military and he was a political leader who led the kuominatang for five decades and was head of state of the chinese nationalist government between 1928 and 1949. He led the suppression of the Chinese Communist Party. -
japan invades china in WWII suspending the civil war
Japanese troops occupy Beijing – at the start of eight years of continuous war between China and Japan. The Japanese capture the Chinese capital, Nanjing, and massacre at least 300,000 inhabitants within a few weeks. -
Republic moves to Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek) sets up a new Republic of China in Taiwan, vowing to recapture the rest of the nation in due course -
Great leap Forward
Mao Zedong imposes on China a Great Leap Forward, an attempt at industrialization that results in economic chaos and widespread famine.
