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Mao Zedong
Leader of the CCP in the 1930s
Sun Yat-sen
Chinese physician, revolutionary, and the founder of the Republic of China
First Sino Japanese’s war
1894-95
Boxer Rebellion
1898-1901
Empress of the Qing dynasty
Tzu-Hsi
Countries that contributed to the Boxer Rebellion defeat
USA, France, Austro- Hungary, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Britain
When the Revive China Society was founded
1894 (by Sun Yat Sen)
Where Sun Yat Sen flees to
USA, and Britain to gain funds
Empress Tzu-Hsi death
1908,levaing her son Puyi as emperor(3 Years old btw)
Who the Manchu dynasty asked to be the Prime minister
Yuan Shi-Kai
When Sun Yat Sen was elected provisional president of China
1911
Yuan Shi-Kai
2nd President of the republic of China, trusted military man,
Sung Chiao-jen
Chairman of the KMT in 1912(Likely killed by Yuan Shi-kai in 1913)
Majority vote held in the December 1912-feb 1913 general election In China
KMT had the most seats in the government
What Yuan Shi-kai did in 1913
Abolishes senate and declare himself military dictator
What Yuan Shi-Kai did in 1915
He dissolves the republic of China , and declares himself emperor.
Where Sun Yat Sen goes after returning form his government
In Canton region in 1912
May 4th Movement - date
May 4, 1919
The people who formed the New Culture Movement
Chinese intellectuals and writers
New Culture Movement believed that China was outdated in 3 ways
Social, political, religious
Description of Confucianism
A basic order in the universe and a natural harmony linking man, nature, and the cosmos (heaven).
What the 21 Demands did
Gave Japan access to certain ports and the occupation of the Shandong Province
Where the youth magazine was founded
in 1919 in Peking university
Number of people in the Chinese Labor Corps
140K
Number of people arrested in May 4th Movement
5,000
People active in the May 4th Movement that founded the CCP
Mao Zedong, Chen Duxiu
The people who formed the United Front
Sun Yat-Sen, and USSR diplomat Adolf Joffe
When the Whampoa Milt. Academy was founded
June 1924
What Sun Yat-Sen’s 3 Principles are
nationalism, democracy, social and economic reform
When Sun Yat-Sen died
March, 1925
When Chiang declared the Northern Expedition
July 1926
What NRA stands for
National Revolutionary Army
The number of people that joined the Northern Expedition
Army grows from 100,000 in July to over 250,000 by December Some estimates over 700,000 in 1927
Jinan Incident
KMT troops clash with Japanese forces in Jinan, thousands are killed
When the Soviet Republic of China was founded
1931
The number of purges issued by Chiang against the CCP
5 + Shanghai Massacre
The number of “KMT sympathizers” that Mao killed
est. 4,000
The total number of people Mao purged in the CCP
est. 10K-70K
The number of Red Army troops killed in the Kiangsi Siege
60K
When the Long March started and ended
started - Oct 1934, ended - Oct 1935 (covered 6,000 miles)
Number of survivors of the Long March
10K-20K
What the decade of the KMT Modernization is called
The Golden Decade (1928 - 1937)
When the Supreme Court of China was established
1931
Manchukuo
Japanese puppet state “led” by Puyi in Manchuria
Chang Hseuh-Liang and Yang Hu-ch’eng
KMT Generals forced to attack CCP against their will
Xi’an Incident
Chang and Yang send 150 troops to capture Chiang to force peace with CCP
The person who negotiated peace between the CCP and KMT
Chou En-lai
What Mao used to persuade the CCP to believe that the Long March was a success
propaganda
The greatest threat to Mao’s power
“28” Bolsheviks
When/where the Yenan Soviet was established
1936 in Shensi Province
Where Mao’s Yenan Soviet propaganda spread to
local, national, international
Edgar Snow
American journalist who visited Yenan Soviet, and later wrote a book about it called “Red Star Over China”
Norman Bethune
Canadian surgeon who helped establish mobile operating theatres
Dixie Mission
USA President Franklin D. Roosevelt sent military and diplomatic observers to Yenan to observe CCP’s way of life
What Mao encouraged in his writings
to be criticized, and offer ideas to him
4 Purposes of Rectification Movement
1) end those educated in USSR
2) purge CCP of May 4th democratic ideas
3) establish peasants as the base for rule of CCP
4) build communist ideology
How the critics of Mao’s writings were treated
accused of being spies, tortured, and killed
Est. number of people killed in Rectification Movement
10K
Tanggu Truce
Official recognition of Manchukuo puppet state to Japan
full-scale Japanese invasion of China
1937
Nanjing Massacre / Rape
Japanese soldiers invaded Nanjing: 40K-300K executed, and 20K-80K women raped/killed
Chiang orders Yellow River Dam destruction
to prevent further Japanese invasion (caused 500k-1mil deaths. Millions homeless, Long term starvation)
Mao’s propaganda of the Red Army against Japan
poses Red Army as real defense against Japanese invasion (China’s heroes)
2nd Sino-Japanese war
1937