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May Fourth Movement
was a protest of thousands of students, it was a response to the China´s treatments in the Treaty of Versailles -
Communist Party of China
The CCP was founded as both a political party and a revolutionary movement, by revolutionaries such as Li Dazhao and Chen Duxiu. -
Shanghai Massacre
the right wing of the Kuomintang, led by Chiang Kai-shek, violently dislodged its rivals from the left of the party and the communists. -
Chinese Civil War
conflict that took place in China between the Kuomintang and the Chinese Communist Party -
Nationalist take Beijing
the KMT are able to take control of the city of Beijing. -
GMD attempts to exerminate the CCP
Jiang failed to carry out Sun's Three Principles and his support (the rich and landlords) were of no help to his ineffective government. -
Japan takes Manchuria
The Japanese occupation of Manchuria lasted until the end of the Second World War and would lead to the founding of the puppet state of Manchukuo. -
The long March
trip through the interior of China that followed the Chinese Red Army troops, the armed forces of the Communist Party of China, fleeing the ROC's army. -
Captured of the town of Zunyi
the CCP captured the town of Zunyi using Guerilla tactics. -
The impact of the war on the CCP
communists had liberated 678/914 country towns, introducing: land reform; village schools/soviets; reducing taxes; abolishing debt.
