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End of Dynastic cycle
The revolution that occurs at this time ends the dynastic cycle, one that was going on for thousands of years. -
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Guomindang & Communists compete in reforming china.
Sun Yat Sen, then Chaing Kai Shek, lead the Goumindang.
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Guomindang & Communists begin competing to reforming china.
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Sun Yat Sen was elected leader of a provisionary republic.
He's not able to do anything however because warlords are still in power all over china, and the chinese communist party was at odds with him. -
Founding of Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zaedong was one of the founding members. -
Sun Yat Sen Dies
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Guomindang and Communists lose support of eachother
The Guomindang got mad at the communists for trying to set up a socialist government, the ultimate goal of the communists. This causes a war between them. -
Long March Begins
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Long March
This is a very long march that the communist party had to go on in order to not be destroyed. They went about 144 miles a day, with about one skirmish a day. The important aspect of this is how determined the marchers were. -
Mao becomes leader of CCP
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Nanaking Destroyed
The Nationalists responed very badly to this and lost a lot of support. -
Retification program
Intellectual groups were sent to the fields to learn what "real China" was like. -
CCP's constitution written
Mao's ideas feature prominently. -
Chang Kai Shek Steps down
This allows Mao to step forward as the leader of China. -
Mao Zaedong takes over
Mao proclaimed the founding of the people’s republic of China, showing he was now in power as the country's leader. He promised many things he didn't deliver on providing. -
Counterrevolutionary executions begin
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Counterrevolutionary executions
28,332 people were accused of being against China and were executed. -
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China's first 5 year plan
This spurred massive industrialization via having peasants sell grain at low prices, resulting in increased living standards. -
China's First 5 year plan Begins
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Great Leap Forward Begins
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Great Leap Forward
This was a complete failure and a terrible idea. 20 million people died of starvation as a result of it, since the grain was sold to the Soviet Union to get technology, and people were spurred to do foolish things like try to make steel in their backyard. -
Cultural Revolution Begins
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Cultural Revolution
This was another terrible idea. It was an attempt to fire up the glory days of the revolution by firing up the children of China, but it just led to the Red Guard forming, trying to tear down tradition by destroying anything associated with it, and intellectuals getting persecuted and sent to the countryside. This was not the intended result. -
Mao dies
This, clearly, ends his influence
