1. 20th Century China

2. Puyi: the Last Emperor

3. 1911: Fall of Imperial Rule

4. Revolution Civil War Invasion World War
China in the 20th Century
Revolution Civil War Invasion World War

5. Sun Yixian (Sun Yat Sen) and the Republic of China
The “Father of the Nation”

6. China in World War I
China sides with the Allies

7. Japan was a growing power. China was not
Really big Japanese Navy

8. May Fourth Movement (New Culture Movement)
Student demonstrations against terms of Treaty of Versailles (1919)
Chinese territory given to Japan
Nationalist movement
A humiliation for China

9. May Fourth Movement (1919)
Students want a modern and united China

11. Modern China: Two Views
1. Nationalist Party
(a.ka. Kuomintang, guomingang, GMD )
Chiang Kai Shek (Jiang Jieshi)
seeks to unify China under a free-market/capitalist system.
Strong appeal to educated, business, and middle classes gu

12. Modern China: Two Views
2. Chinese communists seek to
unify China under a communist
system
No private ownership of businesses or land:
“the people” (government)
control(s) all means of
production.
Strong appeal to peasant class

13. 1920s: The Warlord Era Disunity Lack of economic development
Exploitation by foreign nations

14. Very Weak Central Government
Warlords dominate China

15. Unification of China 1926: Nationalists and Communists unite
March against warlords in the “Northern Expedition”

17. Shanghai Massacre
Nationalists attempt to exterminate the Communists

18. Civil War
Chiang Kai Shek and Nationalists turn on the Chinese Communists