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Mao Zedong and China (Rise to Power ((Chinese Civil War, 1946-1949, War…
Mao Zedong and China
Rise to Power
Zedong officially began his reign on October 1, 1949.
Zedong was a military leader who led the Cultural Revolution in China
As the country was put into chaos with japan's invasion, he was in a perfect position to take advantage of it over his rivals(the nationalist party).
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The Shanghai Massacre 1927
After working together to defeat the local warlords, in the Northern Expenditure, Chinese Nationalist forces, led by Chiang Kai-shek, moved against the Communists in Shanghai, executing party leaders. Attacks spread throughout China. The Communist party was all but destroyed and the few remaining went into hiding (including Mao Zedong) and created the Jiangxi Soviet.
The Long March 1934-35
Chiang Kai-shek was receiving military advice from Nazi Germany and was able to push the Communists into corner. The Jiangxi Soviet lost 60 000 troops and 58% territory. a year-long journey by Communist forces in 1934 to escape the Nationalist forces; out of 100,000 who undertook the journey, only about 8,000 survived
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1946-1949, War between communist Mao Zse Tong and nationalist Chaing-Kai Shek. The communists took over and forced the nationalists to retreat to Taiwan. Between KMT and CCP, and the Chinese Communist Party were victorious over the KMT.
1946-1949 between the Nationalist government and the Communists. Communists eventually won and took over control due to support from the peasants, and weapons from USSR/left behind by Japan ---> Nationalists fled to Taiwan; marked the beginning of Communist China
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Fall from Power
Mao fell from power after his death in 1976. He died from health complications including lung disease (he was a smoker all his adult life). However, the cause of death is heart attack.
Following the Qing decline, this was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919. Protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, especially allowing Japanto receive territories. These demonstrations sparked national protests and marked the upsurge of Chinese nationalism.