History 1601E Lecture Notes - Zaibatsu, Puyi, Russo-Japanese War

• School: Western University
• Department: History
• Course: History 1601E
• Professor: Erica Lawson

Document Summary

A movement among chinese scholars in the early 20th century to revaluate traditional confucian values. Sun yatsen lack of unity within his party kmt. Lack of western support for china, the versailles treaty did not really support china. Ideological reason: foster socialist revolutions in other countries. Strategic: a strong china to keep japan in check. Japanese are not sympathetic to communism because communism are anti-imperialistic. Yuan shikai gets million loan form european banks for his second revolutions. British supplies yuan shikai with munitions and block sun yatsen from landing in hong k9ong. Paris peace conference recognizes japan"s claim of shandong peninsula. Sun yet sen unites with the communist party to get rid of the warlords to get the support of the soviet union. Soviet union urges ccp to join the nationalists in a united front in the national revolution to get rid of the warlords. Communist party promise the soviets to not promote communism until the warlords are gone.