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The Qing Dynasty Collapsed
A little more than a year before collasping the Qing Dynasty was at its highest of power. -
Sun Yixian offers Yuan Shikai the presidency in exchange for his military support to secure the abdication of the Qing.
Sun Yixian offers Yuan Shikai the presidency in exchange for his military support to secure the abdication of the Qing. -
Abdication of the Qing; Yuan Shikai is elected president
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Chinese Nationalists and Communists Party became Alliances
In order to get rid China of foreign influence and powerful regional landlords the Chinese Communist Party and Nationalist Party formed an alliance. And they they called themselves the Revolutionary Army by 1927. -
Chaing Kai Shek leader of Chinese Nationalist party masacred Communist Party
Chiang Kai Shek saw communists as a huge threat to China. He once said " The are like a disease of the skin, but the Communist are like a disease of the heart." He and the nationalist tried to eliminate the Communist. And everything from there on out made him the dictator of China. -
Japanese Army destroyed the city of Nanjing
Japanses destroyed the city of Nanjing and massacred 100,000 civilians and prisioners of war. And by the defeat of Japan by the allies at the end of Worl War II, two governments existed in China. -
Mao Zedong becomes leader of china
He announced " The Chinese people have stood up, " and he stated that " nobody will insult us again." -
1950 and 60's Chinese government made number of changes that benefitted women
Women were granted legal equality to men. Women could also take part in politics and had equal marriage and divorvce rights. -
Great Leap Foward
Mao made this Leap Foward to support more factory workers, and this plan Mao created communes and combined collective farms.Each commune had 33,000 workers competing against each other, and lied to the government. -
Mao Zedong died
He died and then Deng Xiaoping wanted to modernize China and bring western ideas and influences.
