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China suffered a crippling defeat by the Japanese.
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Violent rebellion against Christian and Western influences.
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After the Qing Dynasty fell, the Communist Party established the Chinese Republic. (Picture from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_China_(1912–49))
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China was divided and ruled by individual military groups.
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Mao Zedong is one of the 12 delegates. (Picture from http://www.chinatoday.com/org/cpc/cpc_1st_congress_standing_polibureau.htm)
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Massacre of Communists in Shanghai that lead Chinese Nationalist Party to break their alliance with the Communists. (Picture from http://hwcahuffman.weebly.com/shanghai-massacre.html)
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Began with Chiang Kai-shek's Norther Expedition in 1927, and major hostilities ended in 1950. The Second Sino-Japanese War divided the Chinese Civil War into two sections, 1927-1937 and 1946-1950.
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Chiang Kai-shek was made president and Nanjing was the capital. (Picture from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_the_Republic_of_China#/media/File:National_Government_of_the_R.O.C.jpg)
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The Japanese established a puppet state called Manchukuo. (Picture from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_invasion_of_Manchuria)
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Mao was the chairman and the prime minister, meaning he controlled both the state and its government. (Picture from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Soviet_Republic#/media/File:National_Flag_of_Chinese_Soviet_Republic.svg)
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Nationalist and Communists form the United Front against the Japanese. (Picture from http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/the-fall-of-beijing-1937/)
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