1. Imperial China Collapses
Chapter 14
Section 3

2. Early 1900’s Ready for Revolution Years of humiliation from outsiders
Foreign countries control its trade and economic resources
Desire to build army and navy, build factories, reform education

3. Qing Dynasty Falls Kuomintang: Nationalist Party
Pushed for Modernization/Nationalism
Sun Yixian(yishan): First leader of the Kuomintang
Qing Dyanasty ruled China since 1644
1911, last emperor is overthrown

4. Sun Yixian

5. New republic “Three Principles of the People”
Nationalism: end to foreign control
Peoples Rights: democracy
Peoples Livelihood: economic security for all Chinese

6. Shaky Start Sun Yixian unfit as a national leader
Civil war breaks out in China

7. WWI Problems
China joins world war I on the side of the Allies with HIGH HOPES
The Treaty of Versailles will turn German territory over to Japan!
The May 4th Movement………
(Remember Lenin……., communism??)

8. WWI Problems May 4, 1919, over 3000 angry students gather in Beijing
“May Fourth Movement”
Not an official revolution, showed Chinese dedication towards modernization and nationalism

11. Communism People turn away from Sun Yixian’s beliefs
Begin favoring Vladamir Lenin’s political beliefs
Influenced heavily by Soviet communism

12. Communism
1921, A group meets in Shanghai to create the Chinese Communist Party
Mao Zedong, at the time a librarian, was a founder of the party and became China’s greatest revolutionary leader

13. Mao Zedong

14. Communism Lenin helps China’s Nationalist government
Sun Yixian dies in 1925, Chiang Kai-shek takes over Kuomintang
Kai-shek fears the Communist goals of socialist economy
Peasant in the Kuomintang split off and join the Communists

15. Chiang Kai-Shek

16. Communists/Nationalists
Kai-Shek worked with Communists at first
Eventually turned against them
April 1927, the Nationalists kill many Communist leaders and trade union members
1928, Kai-shek becomes president of Nationalist Republic of China
SUPPORTED BY UNITED STATES

17. Pres. Kai-Shek
Great Britain and U.S. formally recognized the new government
Soviet Union refused because they killed so many Communists
Communist Party in China was almost totally wiped out

18. More Civil War Remaining Communists are outraged
1930, a long and bloody civil war breaks out btwn Communists and Nationalists
Kai-shek gathers 700k men at The Long March in 1933

19. Kuomintang 1932

20. The Long March Nationalist army surrounds the Communist stronghold
100k Communist forces fled, still led by Mao Zedong
6000 mile long journey (long march) barely stay ahead of Nat’ls
After a year, they settle in caves in NW China

21. The Long March
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22. Japanese Invade Chinese civil war going on
Japan takes advantage of situation
They invade Manchuria (NE China)
Manchuria also called Manchukuo
1937, all out Japanese invasion
1938, Japan causes a truce between Mao and Chiang Kai-shek

23. Japanese Invade