Causes of the Chinese Civil War

Taiping Rebellion

1850

Civil war by social and religious causes in China. Christianity involved. Qing and Peace Celestial Kingdom forces fought. Qing Dynasty strongly weakened. 1850-1869

Self Strenghtening Movement

1861

Period of Institutional reforms at the end of the Qing Dynasty after losing against Chinese military group. Right after the Opium Wars. 1861-1895

Boxer Rebellion

1899

A movement in China against the foreign influece in trade, politics, religion and technology. Anti-imperial, anti-colonist and anti-Christian. 1899-1901

Double Tenth

1911

Also known as the National Day of the Republic of China. End of the Qing Dynasty in China. Establishment of the Chinese Republic. 1911-1912

Rule of Yuan Shikai

1912

Yuan Shikai wanted a dictatorship over China. He manages to rule China. Sold national assembly. Independent ally provinces. Yuan Shikai dies (1916) and with that, the central government in Beijing collapses. 1912-1916

May Forth Movement

1919

Intellectuals and students led a mass demonstration in Beijing against: Warlords, Japanese and Traditional Chinese culture. Influence to the nation to become independent. 1919

Creation of CCP

1921

First communist party which was inspired by the Bolshevik revolution. Leader was Mao Zedong. Mostly communists, peasants and workers. 1921

First United Front

1922

CCP and GMD form this front. It was the first step to get rid of the warlords. China had to be free of the foreign imperialists power. 1922

Northern Expedition

1926

Campaign of the Chinese Nationalist army that advanced from Guangzhou to the Yangtze river battling warlord forces. Liberated China, defeated the warlords. 1926-1927

White Terror

1927

CCP and GMD separate and break the First United Front. Jiang Jieshi started to kill the communists. Shangai Massacre. 1927