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The Revolutionary alliance overthrows the last Chinese Emperor
Revolution succeeds at Wuchang, the Qing dynasty collapsed. -
May Fourth Movement
Anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement starting from student demonstrations. They protested the Chinese governments weak response in the Treaty of Versailles in Beijing. Sparked national protests and arroused a feeling of nationalism. -
Communist party seizes control of China
Beginning of a new age in China and the end of an old one. -
Formation of Communist Party
It allowed the people an option of government. -
Mao Sedong's Communist Party gains support from the peasants by giving them land
The people support the Communist Party because they see it as a saving grace by getting land. -
January 28 Incident
Short war before the Second Sino-Japanese War between China and Japan. -
Jiang Jieshi defeat's Mao's communists and the communists flee in "the Long March"
6,000 mile journy to northwest Russia to establish a new base. -
Xi'an Incident
The Communists and Nationalists made peace so they can fight the common enemy: Japan. Japan had kidnapped Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. -
Japan invades China in WWII suspending the civil war
Japan wanted to become a big world power but didnt have any resources so they invaded China in hopes of gaining land which supplies resources. -
Nixon visists China
First US president to visit Communist China.
