Rise of Communism in China Introduction The main reason why the Communists came to power in China was because of the failing policies and actions used by Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalists) of which the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) took advantage. However in addition to that‚ there were also significant factors such as the poor conditions during the beginning of the twentieth century in the Republic of China and the Japanese War (1937 1945)‚ that led to the insufficiency and weakness of the GMD
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Yunfang YANG S2774352 Pac 10 China in Transformation 1900-1949 Note: special consideration granted for 1-week extension. Number: 14998. Question: “In political‚ culture and social terms the May fourth movement was far more important than the 1911 revolution”. Discuss. China made its modernisation through revolutions. There are two historical event scholars believes can be threat as milestone of the transformation: 1911 Xinhai revolution‚ which brings an end to the two thousand year of monarchy;
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In 1884‚ the pro-Japanese group in Korea staged a coup with Japanese troops but they were suppressed by Yuan Shikai. However‚ as China was fighting with France at the same time‚ she wanted to avoid war. Li Hongzhang signed the Li-Ito Convention or Treaty of Tianjin with Japan in 1885. The treaty stated that China and Japan had to inform each other if either side
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The Singularity of China • No historic point of departure: The myth of the Yellow Emperor. L’empereur jaune ou Huang Diest est un souverain mythqiue de la Chine‚ considéré comme père de la civilisation chinoise. • First historical record dates back to 2000 BC.: The Shang Dynasty. La 2ème dynastie à avoir dominé le pays. • The Long Cycles: “The Empire‚ long divided‚ must unite; long united must divide” The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. An important
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From the 1800s to the 1920s China and Japan have both drastically changed. These changes are reflected in their political structure‚ and military power. Both countries have dealt with these changes in different ways‚ with Japan being more successful than China. 1800s - 1920s China The early China ruling system was made up of dynasties. A dynasty is when a house takes control of the country. The ruler in this instance was called an emperor and the emperor title is inherited from father to eldest
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and in the early 1920s Sun received help from the Russian Comintern. Sun Yixian was also the first president for only a very short period of time before he promised Yuan Shikai the presidency of the new Republic in order for him to side with the revolution and force the emperor to abdicate‚ allowing China to be controlled under Yuanfs dictatorial methods. Sun never even lived to see his party bring about consolidation of power over the country. Hence Sun Yixian can only be considered as the father
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By 1912‚ the dynastic rule in China came to an end when General Yuan Shikai negotiated with the representative of the Sun Yat-sen’s party to become president of a new Chinese republic. Yuan was once a representative of an old order‚ and Sun’s party needed his assistance due to their lack of military strength and political power to reform the government. Not only that‚ the imperial
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The fall of the Qing dynasty was caused by internal changes within the dynasty‚ peasant revolts‚ the rise of Sun Yat-Sen and overall western influence. What happens when there is a trade imbalance between two major trading countries? Just ask Great Britain and China. It’s hard to get by when the country you need goods from does not really need to trade goods with you. This is what happened with Great Britain and the Qing Dynasty. There was a high demand for China’s tea in Great Britain but a low
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Why did Japan succeed in modernising and industrialising in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries while China and Korea failed to do so? During the late nineteenth century‚ China‚ Japan and Korea all had the opportunity to modernise and industrialise. The leaders of each country had died which provided a fresh start for new leaders and new ideas of reform but it was only Japan who succeeded to successfully modernise and industrialise due to a number of factors‚ leaving its neighbours
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preferable to what was seen as an old fashioned rule dominated by Confucian values. The GMD’s ‘three principles’ was sought after as they promoted democracy‚ peoples livelihood and nationalism which was lacking at the time. Another individual such as Yuan Shikai also helped bring about the downfall of the Qing Dynasty‚ using his humiliation as motivation he built up an army that would be able to crush the dynasty and be ruler of China himself. These two men helped increase opposition against the Qing which
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