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Sun Yat-sen leads the Kuomintang and overthrows the Qing Dynasty
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Sun Yixian dies, and Chiang Kai-shek becomes the leader to the Kuomingtang, or the Nationalist party
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The Long March begins a 6,000 mile march. Of the 100,000 who starts, only 30,000 survive
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The Civil war continues after World War II ends.
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Civil war begins between the Communist of Mao and the Nationalist of Chiang Kai-shek
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Mao Zedong defeats Chang Kai-shek, and the Nationalist flee to the island of Taiwan
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Mao announces the start of a program called the “Great Leap Forward
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Mao launches the Cultural Revolution
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mao zedong dies
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Mao Zedong forms the Communist Party
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Japan invades China and forces the Communist and the Nationalist to work together