1. Sun Yixian Madelyn Lopez Nestor Ramos

2. Early Years Sun Yixian was born in the kingdom of Hawaii on November 24th, 1870. He was raised by a peasant family in the village of Cuiheng Xiangshan. He was known as a Chinese revolutionary and political leaders referred him as the father of modern china. He was the first provisional president when the Republic of China was founded in 1912 and then founder of the Kuomintang where he served as its first leader. Although Sun is considered one of the greatest leaders of modern China, his political life was one of constant struggle and frequent exile.

3. The End of Qing Dynasty The Qing Dynasty ruled over china since 1644 Sun Yixian overthrew the Dynasty in 1911 He wanted to establish a modern government that was based on: 1) nationalism- an end to foreign control 2) People’s rights- democracy 3) People’s livehood- economic security for all Chinese.

4. Nationalism Nationalism is the belief that people should be loyal mainly to their nation, to the people with their share of culture and history. It started in the late 1800’s and continued through the early 1900’s.

5. Nationalists vs. Communists A bitter civil war was raging between the Nationalists and the Communists when the Japanese invaded China in 1937. Mao Zedong was the leader of the communists, he had a stronghold in northwestern china. He mobilized peasants for guerrilla war against the Japanese in the northeast.cause of their efforts to promote literacy and improve food production they won the peasants loyalty.by 1945 they controlled most of northern China

6. Nationalist Vs. Communists Cont. Under Jiang Jieshi the Nationalists dominated southwestern China.He was protected by rugged mountain ranges, he took advantage by building an army of 2.5 million men. From 1942 to 1945, the united states sent the Nationalist at least $1.5 billion in aid to fight the Japanese. The nationalist army saved its strength for the coming battle against Mao’s Red army. When Japan surrendered, the Nationalist and Communists continue fighting.

7. The Two Chinas Affect the Cold War China has split into two nations, which were the island of Taiwan also known as the Nationalist China and the main land or People Republic of China. The conflicting international loyalties they inspired caused the cold war to become more intensified. After Jiang Jieshi fled to Nationalist China the U.S helped him set up a Nationalist government on that small island.this was called the Republic of China. The Communist China received financial, military and technical aid from the Soviets because of this Chinese and the Soviets pledged to come to each others defense if either one was attack. The U.S tried to stop the Soviets from expanding in Asia.

8. Chinese political opponents during 1945 Communists vs Nationalists

9. The Failing economy There was weak public support on Jiang Jieshi