Background to 1919
•China lost Sino-Japanese war in 1894-1895
•European’s cretae 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 cretae 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
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
•Had trouble getting foreign aid because they were socialist (except USSR)
•Wanted to establish a socialist democracy
•Country was dominated by warlords
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
Summary: Chiang Kai-Shek came into power in the Kuomintang after Sun Yat Sen died and planned to rid all communism from China.
My good health is due to a soup made of white doves. It is simply wonderful as a tonic." - Chiang Kai-shek