1. Do Now: What problems was China encountering before World War II? What was happening in China? What ideology did the Chinese government believe? Homework: Chapter 21 Section 2 All Questions Due Thursday Asia Map Quiz Friday

2. Upheavals in China Ch. 16 Section 4

3. While China was one of the oldest countries they still had many problems. As nationalism was on the rise. China wanted to catch up and modernize.

4. Chinese Republic: The three principles idea was not working in China. Internal problems persisted.

5. Foreign Pressures: Sphere of Influence Japan especially –Japan demands twenty-one demands, Japan starts a Protectorate.

6. May Fourth Movement On May 4 th 1919 students protested; boycotted Japanese goods. Protests wanted to bring about a cultural and intellectual change and to stop Chinese weaknesses. Learn about West and improve.

7. Appeal of Marxism Russian Revolution offered a good example for China to follow. Soviet Union was more than willing to support China. WHY??????

8. New Party’s Develop in China. 1921 Sun Yixian started Nationalist party in South China. Eventually taken over by Jiang Jieshi. (opposing communism) 1926 JJ marched into North China and executes communists. 1927 Civil War Begins.

9. Mao Zedong

10. Communism against Nationalists Tried to organize peasants in Southeast China.

11. Long March JJ lead many programs against the communists. Zedong and “red bandits” fled 6,000 miles; 100,000 started, 20,000 ended. Ended in North China.

14. Japanese Invasion will weaken China Japanese went into Manchuria in 1931. Jiang- nationalists had to ban together with communists to go against Japan. 1937 Japan marches into Nanjing.

15. Nanjing

16. Rape of Nanjing When Japan took over Nanjing, it was entitled the rape of Nanjing. People were slaughtered.