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Revolutions that took place in 1911, which were violent conflicts that led to the formation of the Republic of China and the end of the Qing Dynasty.
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Sun Yat Sen was declared president of a provisional republic.
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The Guomindang, led by Chiang Kai Shek was trying to reform the land in competition with the Chinese Communist Party.
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Mao founds the Chinese Communist Party.
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Sun Yat Sen Dies
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A civil war erupted between the two because the Guomindang was mad at the communist attempt to spread communism. The U.S. supported the nationalists but at the same time Japan was invading China. The nationalist failure to win battles against the invaders swayed the public in favor of the communists.
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Military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Communist Party of China, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army.
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Mao Leads.
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Japan commits a mass murder and rape of Chinese citizens in their capital, causing their internation trade to stumble later on and dividing the two countries even today.
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Students and intellectuals were sent to the countryside to perform physical labor.
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Mao Declares the people's republic of China.
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Chiang steps down from presidency, leaving his party to retreat to Taiwan.
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28,332 people were accused of being spies or counterrevolutionaries and executed.
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Industry increased 121% more than projected. Inflation was kept under control. Living standards improved for urban workers and it increased to 646 million.
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Mao orders homemade steel production which came out in bad quality which resulted in a food shortage killing many.
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Socialism was reinforced by destroying old cultural things in China, people affiliated with the "old" were humiliated and harmed.
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Mao Dies.
