Background to 1919
- China lost Sino-Japanese war in 1894-95
-European's create open door policy
-Provoked nationalist outburst in China (Boxer Rebellion)
-Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists attacked foreigners
-1911 Sun Yat Sen led revolution to rid China of foreigners
-Becomes first president of the Republic of China
-European's create open door policy
-Provoked nationalist outburst in China (Boxer Rebellion)
-Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists attacked foreigners
-1911 Sun Yat Sen led revolution to rid China of foreigners
-Becomes first president of the Republic of China
chiang kai-shek
- Became leader of the Kuomintang in 1925 after Sun Yat Sen died
-Communist, Mao Zedong, was leader of propaganda
-Soon controlled all of China south of the Yangste River
-Rid his party, of Communists, killed many while others like Mao fled to remote parts of China
-Communist, Mao Zedong, was leader of propaganda
-Soon controlled all of China south of the Yangste River
-Rid his party, of Communists, killed many while others like Mao fled to remote parts of China
sun yat sen & the kuomintang
- Led the Kuomintang
-Had trouble getting foreign aid because they were socialists (except USSR)
-Wanted to establish a socialist democracy
-Country was dominated by warlords
-Had trouble getting foreign aid because they were socialists (except USSR)
-Wanted to establish a socialist democracy
-Country was dominated by warlords