Background to 1919
- China lost Sino-Japanese war in 1894-1895
- 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 and the Kuomintang
Sun Yat sen and the Kuomintang
- Led the Kuomintang
- Had trouble getting foreign aid because they were socialist (except USSR)
- Wanted to establish a socialist democracy
- country was dominated by warlords
- 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 other like Mao fled to remote parts of China
- After he fled he began to rebuild the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
- Mao built party on the peasantry (no urban workers to deal with)
- Chiang fought hard to rid the CCP from their stronghold even as the Japanese began to invade Manchuria
- CCP fought guerrilla warfare
Summary
Chiang Kai-Shek became leader of the Kuomintang after Sun Yat Sen's death in 1925. Mao was leader of propaganda but Chiang tries to get rid of all communists therefore, Mao and others fled to remote parts of China.
