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Mao's Rise to Power
Events
The establishment of KuoMinTang
1905
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Wuchang Uprising; Sinhai revolution
October 10, 1911
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-Led by Sun Yat Sen
- Overthrew the Manchu empire and established the Republic of China
Sun Yat Sen ceded presidency of the Republic to YuanShiKai
1912
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End of Qing Dynasty
Feb 1912
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Abdication of Emperor Puyi
Warlord Period
1916 - 1927
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Provincial leaders created their own armies and fought with one another for dominance
The May Fourth Movement
05/04/1919
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- Treaty of Versailles (German concessions in China was given to Japan)
Chinese Communist Party
1921
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- in Shanghai
First United Front
1923 - 1927
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-With support from Russian Comintern
-GMD formed a coalition with the CCP
-To defeat the warlords
Mao returned to Hunan province
1926
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To organize peasant associations to support the United Front campaigns
Northern Expedition
1926 - 1928
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- led by Chiang Kai Shek
- to take control of central China from the warlords
The Jiangxi Soviet
1927 - 1934
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-retreated from Hunan to the mountains of Jiangxi province
-seized land and built military base
-Red Army guerilla force was developed to resist the extermination campaigns of the KMT
-attracted a steady stream of supporters
White Terror
April 1927
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Turned against the communists with the support of landlords, warlords
purge communist organizations in Shanghai
Land Law
1928
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-land was taken from landlords and distributed amongst the peasants
Nanjing Decade
1928 - 1937
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- Start of Chinese Civil War
- Chiang's nationalist government
Futian Incident
1930
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-Red Army troops were tortured and executed on Mao's orders
Japanese Occupation
1931 - 1945
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1931 - invaded the province of Manchuria and installed a puppet emperor
1937- Second United Front; full scale invasion of China
Long March
1934 - 1935
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- CCP troops fled from the besieged Jiangxi Soviet and headed for Yanan, Shanxi
Yanan
1935 - 1945
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Won over the peasants with land redistribution, rent controls, campaigns to wipe out corruption and improve literacy
-Tactics of the mass line -- develop close relationship with the people
- 'Rectification campaign' in 1942 -- remove potential opposition
- Strict censorship rules
Chinese Civil War
1945 - 1949
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Jan 1949- CCP controlled Beijing
Chiang resigned the presidency and moved his government base to Taiwan