CHINA: REVOLUTION AND REVOLT
WELCOME TO CHINA! IN 1911, CHINA WAS REBUILDING AND RECOUPING AFTER THE FALL OF THE QING DYNASTY. IT WAS MOLDING INTO TWO TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS, A REPUBLIC AND A DICTATORSHIP. NATIONALISTS LIKE SUN YIXIAN AND JIANG JIESHI STRIVED FOR CHINA TO BECOME A REPUBLIC WHILE MARXISTS SUCH AS MAO ZEDONG WANTED CHINA TO BECOME A COMMUNIST NATION. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR THE ONCE VAST EMPIRE’S SPLIT INTO DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNIST DICTATION.
TERMS TO KNOW:
MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT-
WAS A DRIVE BY CHINESE INTELLECTUALS TO MODERNIZE CHINA AND REFORM ITS CULTURE THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF WESTERN IDEAS
LONG MARCH-
IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE 6,000-MILE MARCH UNDERTAKEN BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY FORCES OF MAO ZEDONG IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE THE CHINESE NATIONALIST PARTY ARMIES
WELCOME TO CHINA! IN 1911, CHINA WAS REBUILDING AND RECOUPING AFTER THE FALL OF THE QING DYNASTY. IT WAS MOLDING INTO TWO TYPES OF GOVERNMENTS, A REPUBLIC AND A DICTATORSHIP. NATIONALISTS LIKE SUN YIXIAN AND JIANG JIESHI STRIVED FOR CHINA TO BECOME A REPUBLIC WHILE MARXISTS SUCH AS MAO ZEDONG WANTED CHINA TO BECOME A COMMUNIST NATION. THIS SET THE STAGE FOR THE ONCE VAST EMPIRE’S SPLIT INTO DEMOCRACY AND COMMUNIST DICTATION.
TERMS TO KNOW:
MAY FOURTH MOVEMENT-
WAS A DRIVE BY CHINESE INTELLECTUALS TO MODERNIZE CHINA AND REFORM ITS CULTURE THROUGH THE INTRODUCTION OF WESTERN IDEAS
LONG MARCH-
IS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE 6,000-MILE MARCH UNDERTAKEN BY THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY FORCES OF MAO ZEDONG IN THEIR ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE THE CHINESE NATIONALIST PARTY ARMIES