10-3 Revolutionary Chaos in China

10-3 REVOLUTION IN CHINA
NATIONALISTS
 Nationalist Party led by Sun Yat-Sen
 More traditional
 Earlier, this group had fought for control of China, but didn’t get it.
 The increasingly chaotic government led to them trying to take over again
 Their biggest competitor? The Communists
COMMUNISTS
• Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
• Started by radicals from the University of Bejing
• Wanted to make China Communists
• Main leader: Mao Zedong
ALLIANCE
• 1923-1926 – alliance between Nationalists and Communists
• Trained an army to fight and take over the country
• Northern Expedition took over all of southern China
• Broke up when the Nationalists turned on the Communists
CHIANG KAI-SHEK
• Took over Nationalists when Sun died
• Didn’t like communists; believed that they were a bigger threat than the Japanese
• Decided to get rid of all the communists through…
SHANGHAI MASSACRE
• Thousands of communists were killed by the Nationalists
• Many communists fled to the countryside to avoid being killed
– Led by Mao Zedong
• others stayed in the city and recruited for the party
NEW CHINA
• Chiang Kai-Shek tried to build a new China
• Wanted a democratic constitutional government
• Got support from the Middle Class
• Started the New Life Movement
– Bring in western innovation to improve the country
NEW LIFE MOVEMENT
• Goal was to help rebuild China after the depression and conflict
• Set up a national bank
• Built schools
• Improved the roads
• Land reforms were created to help lessen the gap between the rich and the poor.