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Qing Dynasty is Overthrown
The Qing Dynasty was overthrowned by Sun Yat- sen. When the dynasty was overthrowned there where no more dynasties in China. -
Chiang Kai-shek, the Nationalist take power.
Chiang Kai-shek spreads the idea of democray in China after Sun Yat-sen dies. After Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek took lead of the Kuomintang (KMT) -
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The Long March
In 1933 Chiang Kai-Shek's army surrounds Mao Zendong's army. The Long March was when ommunist's goes 6,000 mile journey to safety in the north. Only 7,000 to 8,000 survived out of 100,000 communists. -
Mao Zendong becomes communist leader of china/ People's Republic od china is established.
When Mao Zedong became the head of China's new government he took over all the private farms, private businesses, and factories. -
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The Great Leap Forward
The Great Leap Forward had some widespread catastrophe like famine and at least 14,000,000 deaths, because of famine farms were public fams and not private farms. The ownerships and the decision making came from the government. -
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Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution started when Mao Zedong heared about people began wanting private ownerships. So Zedong established this group of young college students that was called Red Guard. Their job was to make war on everything that inspired the class differences. The Red Guard attacked many college professors, business leaders and they were imprisoned. -
Deng Xiaoping becomes leader.
When Deng Xiaoping became leader he allows farmers to own some land and some private businesses. He also opened China to new technology and foreign investment with other countries. Because of this people of China exposed to western ideas and democray. -
Tiananmen Square Massacre
The Tiananmen Square Massacre was where over 10,000 students gathered to protest for a move to demoracy in the government. So chinese troops came to Tiananmen Square and killed around 1,000 demonstrators.
