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End of dynasties, communism takes over
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Sun Yat was declared president, a new goverment is created with senate and Lower House
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In 1920, the Guomindang (nationalist ) were in competition with the Communist party
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Mao was one of the twelve founders of the Chinese Communist Party at its first congress in 1921.
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The alliance fell apart. The leader of Guomindang, Chaing Kai Shek, got mad at the communist for trying to foment social revolution.
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368 days en route
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They destroyed the city named nankins, they reacted by troops putting on civilian clothes and abandoning the city.
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Students and intellectuals were sent down down to the country side and work, so they could know how “real china” was like.
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The People’s Republic of China was declared
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Chiang retired from presidency; Mao Zedong proclaimed People's Republic of China; Chiang retreated to Taiwan
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28,000,332 people were accused and executed.
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-121% of industrialization
- China’s population grew to 646 million
- Peasants had to grow lots of grain and sell it at low prices
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20 million people died in 3 years
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-buildings and art demolished -old culture, old habits, old ideas and old customs were not supported by the students and the young people -intellectuals were sent again to the countryside in 1942
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