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Warmup 25-5:Which Chinese quote do you agree with & why?

Warmup 25-5:Which Chinese quote do you agree with & why?. - Sun Yixian (Yat-Sen). “Knowledge is difficult, action is easy”. 2. “Knowing what to do is easier than doing it.”. - Confucius. 3. “Real power comes from the barrel of a gun”. - Mao Zedong. Collapse of Imperial China.

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Warmup 25-5:Which Chinese quote do you agree with & why?

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  1. Warmup 25-5:Which Chinese quote do you agree with & why? - Sun Yixian (Yat-Sen) • “Knowledge is difficult, action is easy” 2. “Knowing what to do is easier than doing it.” - Confucius 3. “Real power comes from the barrel of a gun” - Mao Zedong

  2. Collapse of Imperial China What causes the Chinese Civil War?

  3. Nationalists led by Sun Yixian overthrow the Emperor of China (1911) China 1911-1920 • Sun’s group is called the Kuomintang (KMT) • Sun believes in nationalism, democracy, & equality • Landowners don’t support KMT & become warlords, forming their own armies and governments • Chinese people also upset that Treaty of Versailles gives German-Chinese territory to Japan • Chinese students begin protesting during the May Fourth Movement (1919) Down with Western Imperialism! Dr. Sun Yixian (Yat-Sen)

  4. May 4th protestors are led by a Chinese Communist, Mao Zedong China 1921-1929 • Due to protests, Western countries wont support to Sun’s govt. • Mao tells Sun the Soviet Union could aid his govt. • Soviets aid Sun’s government & in return Sun will allow Mao’s Communists to join the KMT • Sun dies in 1925 • New KMT leader is a businessman named Chiang Kai-Shek (Jiang Jeishi) • After warlords are beaten, Chiang turns on the communists No Commies! Mao must Go! • Mao & the communists flee into exile Mao Zedong in the 1920s

  5. Nationalist China • US & Britain recognize Chiang’s government China 1930-1937 VS. Communist China • Civil War begins – KMT’s Nationalist Army is beating Mao’s Red Army • Mao calls for a revolution • Mao is training peasants in guerilla warfare • Mao’s peasant army attacks the KMT • Nationalists chase Communists on 6,000 mile, 370 day “Long March” • 1937: Japan invades China • Truce occurs between Chiang & Mao • Nationalists and Communists will combine armies to fight Japan

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