CONTEMPORARY CHINA IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
IMPERIALISM *Opium War, Treaty of Nanjing *Unequal Treaties, *Treaty Ports *Embassies,/Missions *Foreign Factories, *Reform, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s *Revolution of 1911 *Republican era,
SHANGHAI
MAO ZEDONG, * A student in New Culture *Li Dazhao and CCP, * United Front work *In the wilderness, *Long March, *Fighting the Japanese, *Civil war, *Building socialism, 1949-
Chiang Kai-shek Zhang Xueliang XI’AN INCIDENT, DEC. 1936
2 nd Sino-Japanese War, *United Front with Guomindang *Nationalist credentials *Organizational achievements
HOW DID THE CCP WIN CHINA? 1.Nationalist appeal: end disunity, build a strong nation 2.Ideological appeal to social justice and egalitarianism 3. External forces: Western imperialism, Japanese imperialism 4. Strong leadership