1. Imperial China Collapses Ch. 30 sec. 3
*Nationalists--- wanted modernization & nationalization
-Kuomintang = Nationalist Party
--Sun Yixian = Nationalist Party leader
-1912—pres. of new Rep. of China
-wants nationalism, people’s rights, & economic success for Chinese
*Sun lacked authority & army = a gen. takes over rule of China as a dictator---dies, and by 1916, China is at the mercy of territorial warlords……
*WWI = Trouble for China China declares war on Germany-----
-China hoped the Allies would return the lands taken by Germany back to them
--Instead, the land went to Japan!!!!

2. *May 4th Movement---1919---huge protest in Beijing
--3K protestors angry at Treaty of Versailles
-wanted a more modern China
--many Chinese began to favor Russia’s Communism
*Communist Party in China Mao Zedong
-urged the peasants to rise up
*Sun---joined the Kuomintang with the Communists
--Lenin sent advisors to China to help the Commies
*Jiang Jieshi---takes over Kuomintang--Nationalists
--does NOT want communism -wants democracy
--Most peasants went w/ the communists
*Mao divided Communist claimed farms & gave it to the peasants.

3. *1927—1928 = Nationalists (Jieshi) wage war against the Communists (Mao Zedong) for control of China
--1933— The Long March---Jieshi & 700K of his men surrounded 100K of Mao’s men….
--Commies retreated into the hills of northwestern China
--called the Long March
--only 7-8K of Mao’s people survived the march
--gained NEW followers, though
* Japanese invade China! Took advantage of the civil war
--Nationalists & Communists sign truce to fight the Japanese
--still did not like each other, but did not like the Japanese even more.