Causes of the first period of the Chinese civil war

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    They May fourth movement

    They May fourth movement
    The movement was dedicated to the change and rebirth of China and was influenced by revolts in Russia, as well as by ideals and ideologies. It began when a group of students and intellectuals led a demonstration in Beijing against the warlords. Their hostility arose from the Versailles Agreement and the fact that China had joined the Allies
  • Boxer rebelion

    Boxer rebelion
    It was a movement against Westernization and ended up becoming a widespread violent rebellion against Westerners.
  • Double tenth revolution

    Double tenth revolution
    Most of the provinces reported being independent of Beijing because the people overthrew the dynasty and placed it in republic. So Dr. Sun Yixian was called from exile and accepted that the military Yuan Shikai was the president of the republic.
  • Downfall of the manchu dynasty

    Downfall of the manchu dynasty
    The death of the emperor and the succession of a two-year-old boy and his brother led China to face the worst economic, political and social conditions with an emperor who could do nothing to improve the situation.
  • The rule of Yuan Shikai

    The rule of Yuan Shikai
    Yuan Shikai became military dictator of China from 1912 to 1926. He abolished the regional assemblies that were constituted in 1912 and left the problems of the revolution of 1911 unresolved and This led to the separation of China and the emergence of the Guomindang in the south . In 1916 he was declared emperor, hence the losses, the support of military power, and three months later, he died.
  • the first united front

    the first united front
    the leader of the GMD, Jiang Jieshi, became increasingly anti-communist, which led to a dispute between the two parties. The First United Front made the GMD and the CCP in an attempt to defeat the Lords of War and unify China. They agreed that China needed to be free from the foreign imperialist powers.
  • GMD attacks the CCP

    GMD attacks the CCP
    The causes of why the civil war began in China are because after the victories over the Northern expedition, the two sides lost the ideology of fighting against the warlords who kept them together. After that, the CCP gained a lot of support from the people and Jiang did not agree with this. As a result, Jiang expelled all the communists from the GMD and started his persecution initiative and killed all the Communists in China.
  • Taiping revolution

    Taiping revolution
    was a religous movement and a part of a politic reform that was against of the missionaries who came from Europe to spread Christianity.