HST 604 Lecture 5: HST 604 Module 5
5 May 2020
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The chinese civil war emergence of red china. China come under european influence which was disastrousto ching opium spread across population lost war with japan was being pulledapart inside and out. Republic of china proclaimed in 1912 faced tremendous challenges territorial fragmentation political local warlords emerged. Kmt managed to rectify most of the former empire into a centralred stateby the late 1920 s through the northern expedition moneevers series of military political. Chinese communistpartyretreated to northernregions developed political plansthat focused on peasantry. Throughout the war communists continued to gain popularity. Communists courage combined w 1 promises of agrarian reforms apealed to predominantly peasant society when japan surrendered communists were strongenough to contest. By 1949 nationalists were defeated and ccp established the peoples republic of china. Stalin met w 1 mao to discuss cooperation b w 2 communist after the pre created worried privetedges in xinjiang and manchuria 7 previously contested border territories.
