Upheavals in China
After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Nationalist and Communist forces struggled for control of China
Rise of the Guomintang ,or Nationalist, Party Led by Sun Yixian-”Father of Modern China” Wanted to establish western-style capitalist economy and representative government
Sun Yixian (Sun Yat-Sen)
Three Principles of the People democracy nationalism economic security (socialism, communism)
Chinese reformers unite and then turn on each other 1919 the Fourth of May Movement 1925, Jiang Jieshi takes over Nationalist Party Nationalists unite with Communists to defeat warlords of Northern China
Jiang Jieshi (Chiang Kai-Shek)
Chinese Communism Mao Zedong -founder of Chinese Communism “Freedom comes from the barrel of a gun”
Mao-Zedong (Mao Tse-Tung)
Mao Zedong
Mao adapts Marxism to conditions in China Peasants replace the proletariat as the driving force behind revolution
Shanghai falls Nationalists turn on former Communists allies in a massacre known as the “White Terror” In 1928, Jiang becomes president of the Nationalist Republic of China
Jiang’s policies cause many peasants to join communist forces By 1930 full scale civil war 1934 Mao leads his 6000 mile “Long March”
1937 Japan’s invasion of China suspends civil war