Chinese Civil War

Introduction

The Chinese Civil War has two waves. The first wave is the overthrow of the Qing dynasty. The Qing Dynasty was held by the Manchu for almost two hundred and fifty years. The second wave was the formation of the Peoples Republic of China (PRC) under Mao Zedong. Here are some facts about Mao Zedong:

1. Notorious

2. Communist

3. Dictator

4. He was born in a peasant family

5. Started work running his family’s farm when he was six

6. His father was strict abusive

7. He worked as a library assistant university in Beijing. Here he read Karl Marx’s book about COMMUNISM!!!

8. He worked as a nationalist when he grew up

Now, let us go to another person. Sun Yat-sen. Here are some facts about Sun Yat-sen:

1. He was a doctor

2. He led a successful revolt against the Manchu and won

3. He modernized china.

4. Educated in Hawaii

5. Christian

6. Loved by Chinese for breaking the chain of foreigners

7. He provisionally served as the first president of the Republic of China

8. The first leader of the Kuomintang (Nationalist Party of China).

9. Died of cancer in 1925

The Civil War

China was divided into two political parties, – Communist and Nationalist.

1. Communist Leader– Mao Zedong

2. Nationalist Leaders– Sun Yat-sen and Chang Kai-shek.

Now it is March 12, 1925, Sun Yat-sen dies, and Chang Kai-shek becomes the leader. The first thing he did was to purge the Communists. But since Mao Zedong was a Communist, he left the nationalist party and established the Jiangxi Soviet. The Jiangxi Soviet is a place that has its own money, own tax, and their private bank.

Chang Kai-shek ambushed and forced Mao Zedong and 100, 000 of his army march 6,000 miles. Eighty thousand of them died. Some of the people called it the Long March. However, after the Long March, Mao Zedong was hailed as a hero by peasants. People despised the nationalist party because of the corruption, inflation, and the weak economy they were making, so the people went to Mao Zedong instead.

Japan attacks China. The Nationalists are forced to flee to the Communists. The Nationalists teams up with Communists to fight the Japanese. But after Japan surrenders, China splits again to finish the civil war.

Russia became happy when he saw that his neighbor turned Communist and helped Mao Zedong defeat the Nationalists. The U. S. A. thought that Mao Zedong was a good guy, so they helped also. Finally, in May 1949, the Nationalists give up. Chang Kai-shek and two million citizens flee to Taiwan.

The End