A Time for Change

Nationalist vs. Communist

1911-1949

Chelsea Lynn Shepard

What Cause this War !?!?

*Since the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911.China had been ruled by many weak warlords , but soon would be taken under control by communist leaders. Many opposed the power that the had and tried to overthrow them , they were called the nationalist. When seeing what they were trying to do Moa Zedong revolted in various war known as the Chinese civil war.
Map of were the war took place

* At one point of time the nationalist and communist parties were

What Cause this War !?!?

Cont.

*Another cause was the Autumn Harvest Uprising which began in 1927. It began because a new policy was being formed saying that the CCP would be in charge of fomenting insurrections in the rural and urban areas incase of a revolution. After that many attempts were made by the communists party to take over cities like Nanchang, Changsha, Shantou, and Guangzhou the Autumn Harvest Uprising begins. The Nationalist didnt want this policy to take affect so the tried to stop the communist party and prevent them from taken those cities which they did.

Moa Zedong

1896-1976
*Moa Zedong is the leader of the communist party throughout the war and also chairman. Also in 1949 he establish the Peoples Republic of China.

The Chinese Civil War

1946-1947
*In the year 1946 American troops went to china to try and help resolve the problems they were having. Eventually they got both sides to a truce reaching an agreement on who would control which areas , but it didnt last long.
*The Chinese civil officially began in July 1946 when Chiang attacked communist parties head on. From then on the leaders of both communist and nationalist decided to solve the problem militarily. *From July to December Nationalist leader Chiangs won swift and easy victories . He also gained over a hundred square miles of areas that belonged to the communist . Although it look

The Chinese Civil War

1946-1947
*Confident that he was going to win the war Chiang got the National Assembly. together to help him produce a new constitution for Chinas government .January 1,1947 the constitution approved and a year later he became Chinas first president. *The new constitution reestablished the Three People's Principles as the foundation of government . The entire system was based on "four powers of the people" vote, recall, initiative, referendum. *The nationalist victorious year didnt last long , towards the of 1947 the tide had turned into the Communist favor . Although Nationalist Army had spread to all

The Chinese Civil War

1948-1949 *Later half of 1947 and early 1948 the Communist
Army won many important battles which were in Hunan, Hupeh , and Manchuria.

*As the war went the Communist armies grew heavier and heavier. They inflicted many losses upon the Nationalist armies though out the rest of the war . Over a million of their men had been killed and

The Chinese Civil War

1948-1949
October 1, 1949 Moa established the Peoples Republic of China and then conquered all of China.

*On

*After the Nationalist were defeated they fled to

Chunghig on October 13. Also in on December 8 they fled again across the sea to Taiwan.

*From then on China would consist of two

governments the mainlands Communist government and the Taiwanese Nationalist government.

Chiang

Leader of the Nationalist Army and Chinas first and last president.

After Math
1950-present

*After Moa took control of China he set out

many reforms against all his political opponents around the country. Moa is said to have executed 800,000 people described as "class enemies. Many think that he has killed more than that. He also build forced-labor camps, numerous prisons, and massive "re-education" and "selfcriticism" programs in order to eliminate counterrevolutionary political ideas. *How ever Moa managed to unify China, an unrealistic goal had been achieved. He unified the country with centralized democracy; in this system of government,

After Math
1950-present
In 1953 all citizens over the age of eighteen could vote for landlords except landlords and counterrevolutionaries.

In 1954, the first local representatives were elected and these representatives in turn elected provincial representatives , which in turn elected the National People's Congress, which approved a new constitution on September 28. Which stated out a series of rights that all citizens would enjoy.

Primary source

A letter from Chiang to Indias leaders explaining to them why Japan was a threat.

James McGovern

James McGovern was a pilot for CAT a Chinese Nationalist aircraft . Which became deeply involved in the Chinese civil war . He was forced to land his CAT aircraft in China and was captured , but released

Communist Flag

Nationalist Flag

TIMELINE
1911~Qing Dynasty collapse 1926~Commmunist and Nationalist join together in an alliance 1927~Autumn Harvest Uprising began 1946~ American troops came to China to help join them together July 1946~ Chiang attacked Communist parties 1947 ~ January 1,1947 the new constitution for China was approved 1948~ Communist Army won battles in Hunan, Hupeh , and Manchuria. 1949~October 1 Moa established the Peoples Republic

TIMELINE
1950~Moa killed many people also established forcedlabor camps, numerous prisons, and massive "reeducation" and "self-criticism" programs in order to eliminate counter-revolutionary political ideas. 1950~ Moa unified China and centralized government 1953~ all citizens over the age of eighteen could vote 1954~ a new constitution was approved on September 28 1976~Moa dies

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