THE CHINESE REVOLUTION

IMPORTANT DATES

• 1911 - fall of the Qin Dynasty
• 1925 - death of Sun Yat-sen brings Chiang Kai-shek
• 1927 - Shanghai massacre
• 1937 - Japanese invasion where the two unite briefly

CAUSES

• Fall of the Qin dynasty - created a republic
• Two main political parties - Kuomintang and CPC
• Fight for power

INVOLVED COUNTRIES

• USSR - allied with communists
• USA - allied with capitalists
• Japan

IMPORTANT PEOPLE

• Mao Zedong
• Sun yat-sen
• Chiang Kai-shek
• Jiang jieshi
• Harry S. Truman

CONNECTION TO COLD WAR

• Chinese war - Communists & nationalists both wanted power
• Cold War - communists and capitalists both wanted power
• In both wars - both sides wanted to prove they were better

OUTCOME

• The communist party won
• Kuomintang broke out
• Japan & China disagreement
• Started Japan China war