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Imperial China Collapses

Imperial China Collapses. Chapter 14 Section 3. 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. Qing Dynasty Falls.

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Imperial China Collapses

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  1. Imperial ChinaCollapses 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

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

  10. 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

  11. Mao Zedong

  12. 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

  13. Chiang Kai-Shek

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Kuomintang 1932

  18. 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

  19. The Long March COURTESY: MICROSOFT ENCARTA ENCYCLOPEDIA

  20. 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

  21. Japanese Invade

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