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Causes of Chinese Civil war - Coggle Diagram
Causes of Chinese Civil war
political causes
corruption
European imperialist powers humiliated china, gov look bad
Opium wars
unequal treaties, influenced forced on them
christianity
Taiping revolution
1850 to 1864, put down by foreign assistance, millions killed
warlords, and the weakness of the gov shown.
Anti-n foreign sentiment, Boxer Rebellion
economic causes
peasants and farmers- labor intensive and inefficient, lack modernization made it difficult
land rent increased, plot lands reduced
+8% population, +1% land cultivation -> famine
Tax
up to 80% of income paid to tax and rent
unemployment due to cheap western imports
tax did not reach central gov.
social causes
peasants suffered from starvation during weather extremities
poverty led to migration
high urban unemployment due to industrialization