China in revolution

China in revolution

1. May 4th Movement

   • Japan had seized Chinese port of Kiaochow where German goods were at start of WW1
   • 1915: 'Twenty-One Demands'
   • 1919 Paris Peace Conference: Japan kept Kiaochow, Twenty-One Demands and unequal treaties
     • 4th May 1919: 10,000 Beijing students protested. Strikes, protests+boycotts
       • Added to 1916 'New Tide' movement which aimed to get rid of old-fashioned ideas and to introduce: freedom, equal rights+ scientific progression

2. Guomindang

   • Leader: Sun Yatsen
   • 'Three Principles' 1924: National freedom, Democratic government, People's livelihood
   • Aim: unite china under Sun's leadership and make it a republic free from foreigners

3. Communist

   • Mao Zedong set up: 'Society for the study of Marxism' (1918)
     • 1921: Chinese Communist Party

4. Guomindang+Communist unification

   • Sun Yatsen needed help vs. warlords
     • Communist USSR sent help
       • 1922: joined Communists
   • Military academy run by Sun's brother-in-law: Chiang Kaishek

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