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Start of Revolution
Sun Yixian's revolutionary alliance overthrows the Qing dinasty. Quing dinasty ends after ruling since 1644 -
Yuan's dictatorship
Sun turned over the presidency to Yuan who betrays democratic ideas and starts ruling as a military dictator. -
Yuan Shikai dies - Civil War
After Yuan dies there is caos in China and a civil war breaks out. Sun tries to orerganize everything again. -
War against Germany
Government in Beijing, hoping to get a good ally, declare war against Germany. -
May Forth Movement
Angry students gather shouting "Boycott Japan" in protest. Mao Zedong, a teacher at that time, supports these students. -
Foundation of Chinese Communist Party
Group organizes and meets for foudation of the Chinese Communist Party, whose main foundator was Mao Zedong. -
Nationalist receive military advisers and equipment
Lenin preached worldwide revolution so he helps China's Nationalist government by sending them military advisors and equipment for war. -
Sun dies
Jiang Jieshi/ Chiang Kai-shek takes head of the Kuomintang (Natiolalists). -
Killing of Communists
Nationalist troops and armed gangs move into Shangai and kill communist leaders and union members. They nearly wipeout the communist party; survivors hide. -
Jiang president
Jiang becomes president of the Nationalist Republic of China. -
War between Communist and Nationalist
Peasants fight on Mao's side (communist). The nationalist army tries to drive them out but they fail. -
Japan invides Northeast part of China
Japan invades Manchuri, simultaneously, World War II was starting. -
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The Long March
Jiang's army surrounds the Communist. They (Mao's army had 100,000 people) escape to the mountains into a 6,000 mile long treck that lasts a year. At the end, only 30,000 survive -
Japan invades China
After invading Manchuria, Japan decides to invide more of China and starts attacking China. -
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Unite to fight Japan
Communist and Nationalist stop fighting between them to fight against Japan. Though Communist didn't have foreign support, they were very good at fighting Japan, different from the Nationalist that were very bad. -
Communist begin to see triumph
Most of northern China is controlled by Mao's red army (communist). -
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Renewed Civil War
Communist and Nationalists start fighting again, but Nationalist did very little to gain popularity and remained with their "good economy" until China's economy started collapsing. -
Communist victory
China's major cities fall to the Red Army one by one (well trained in guerrilla warfare). -
Mao Zedong gains control of country
After the remainings of Jiang's army fled South, Mao finally wins control of China. -
End of Revolution
Mao creates agrarian reforms, all of the peasants support MAo because he reorganizes lands. Soviet and China sign a friendship treaty.
