The Opium War And Chinese Civil War

Tea and Opium Connection  British East India Trading Company establishes a foothold in China  Opium grown in India sold in China  Opium Addiction in China skyrockets British sell opium to China And gain influence In China British use profits to buy Tea which is sold in UK also use profits to Buy more land in India British buy land in India and force People to grow poppy plants and process it into opium

Collection of Poppy Seeds and Flowers

Opium War  Chinese tell British to stop selling and they refuse  British use advancements in warships and other weapons to defeat Chinese  British win easily  Treaty of Nanjing: British gain Hong Kong and extraterritorial rights

Taiping Rebellion  Chinese emperors lose power  Europeans and Americans gain influence  Open Door Policy- forces China’s ports to be open to all countries

Boxer Rebellion  Chinese dock workers rebel against foreigners.  Foreigners maintain influence in China.  People start to lose confidence in emperor.

Rise of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalists)  Kuomintang overthrows China’s emperor.  Nationalists and Communists unite to fight warlords.  Nationalists did not trust Communists and attempt to get rid of them.

Chinese Civil War Nationalists  Jiang Jieshi or Chiang Kai Shek  Get rid of foreigners  Capitalist  Individual owns business  Middle and upper class  Allies- USA

Chinese Civil War Communists  Mao Zedong  Get rid of foreigners  Businesses owned by government  Commoners, working class, and lower class  Allies- Soviet Union

Pre World War II results  Nationalists were winning  Communists forced to go on Long March  Civil War takes a break when Japanese invade China

Post World War II  Japan commits war crimes against China- Rape of Nanjing  Nationalists blamed for not protecting people  People join Communists= they win Chinese Civil War  Nationalists fled to Taiwan  China falls to communism

Mao’s Communist China  Great Leap Forward  Commune Farms  Propaganda  Cultural Revolution  Indoctrination  Red Guard / Secret Police