Communist+China



By: Emily Meyer, Taylor Christensen, and Martha Heinrich Date:1906-present




 *  "Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"--Mao Zedong **



To begin the Rise of Communist China, the old order in China had to collapse; which it did after Henry Pu-Yi’s reign ended. Henry Pu-Yi was the last emperor of China, and the last of the Manchu Dynasty. He was imprisoned in the Forbidden City located in Beijing, formerly known as the home of Chinese emperors. He was imprisoned in the Forbidden City because of the Chinese Revolution of 1911. In the revolution, Dr. Sun Yat-Sen also known as the founder of modern China; lead a revolution against the Manchu and managed to overthrown the dynasty. He taught the Three Principles of the People. The first was nationalism, the second was democracy, and the third was the livelihood of the people. These ideas were meant to make the lives of the Chinese people better. He also founded the Guomindang which was a Nationalist Political Party.



After Sun Yat-Sen died; Chiang Kai-Shek or Jiang Jieshi became the President of the Republic of China. He defeated warlords who ruled different regions of China, and brought China together as a whole. When Jiang Jieshi started the Republic of China some people called him a Banana Chinese because he looked Chinese, but he acted like a westerner. During this time Guomindang split into two; the nationalists and the communists, neither of which agreed with each other. Chiang had many communist killed in the Shangai Massacre. In a speech he even said that, “The Communists are a disease of the heart.”



Soon Mao Zedong started challenging Chiang as leader. Another way to spell Mao’s last name is Tse-tung, and Mao was the leader of the CCP also known as the Chinese Communist Party. His communist army was the People’s Liberation Army, and its color was red which is widely associated with communism. In the Long March, communists were forced on a 6,000 mile journey to Yanan to escape capture and execution. In the communism revolution in 1949 nationalists and communists fought, but eventually the communists won and Chiang fled to the island of Taiwan. The People’s Republic of China was officially formed on October 1, 1949; and Beijing was named its capital city. Mao became the Chairman of the Communist Party in 1949 and died in 1976. His thoughts were recorded in what is known as the Little Red Book, which is read by many in China. China is still a communist society even though some students protested against it at the Tiananmen Square Massacre on June 4, 1989. China will probably remain communist for a while to come.



People: 1)Mao Zedona- he was the leader of the ccp in the year 1921 his name is pronouced Mao Tse-Tung he was in charge of the peoples liberation army he died sep.9 1976 2)President Richard Nixon- He was in 1972 the president of the united states he made a historic visit to Red China Us and China opened diplomatic relations. 3)Dr. Sun Yat-Sen - He is the founder of modern China in the year 1916 through 1925 he was also the leader of the revolution against Manchu. 4)President Harry Truman- He was the president of the United States he also sent American troops to try and stop the spread of Communism. 5)Henry Pu-Yi - He ruled from the year 1906 to the year 1967 he was the last Emperor of China and that ended the Manchu Dynasty in China. 6)Dalai Lama- He was the spiritual leader of Tibet he was lobbying world leaders for Tibetan independence he also won the Nobel Peace Prize in the year 1989. 7)Deng Xiaoping- He was the premier of China in the year of 1976 to the year 1989 he was the successor of Mao he created the four Moderizations 8)Henry Kissinger- He was the U.S secretary of state in the year 1971 he made a secret trip to China he also discussed American and Chinese affairs. 9)Chiang Kai-Shek- He was also called Jiang Jieshi he was also the president of Republic of China he was ruler for the year 1928 to the year 1945 ==== 10)Jiang Qing- Part of the gang of Four she tried to rise to power after Mao's death she was Mao's 4th wife "Madame Mao". ====



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Links: 1)[|Mao Zedong]- This is a website to explore to better understand the life of Mao Zedong. It has links to his biography, works, and some images. It is a great site to learn more about the communist leader. 2)[|Three Principles of the People]- This website has a short paragraph about the three principles of the people. It also has links to different details about the principles and links to other interesting things related to the principles towards the bottom of the page. 3)[|Long March]- This website has a medium sized document aboutt he long march which occurred when the communists had to flee the Guomingdang attack. 4)[|People's Liberation Army]- This is a short document about the People's Liberation Army, it has a picture of their flag. If you look to the right there is further reading to learn more about the PLA. 5)[|China]- This website is a very lengthy article by the US government about Chinese affairs it includes population stats, size of the country, and sections describing what happened in China and USA relations in different parts of history. 6)[|Quotations from chairman Mao Tse-tung]- This website has different links leading to different chapters of Mao Tse-tung's little red book, which had saying in it about what you should do in life. 7)[|Red Guards]-This is a short couple paragraphs about what the red guards were and what they for Communist China. 8)[|Demilitarized Zone]-This is an article about what happened between North and South Korea, with communism, it includes color pictures to help you understand better what happened. 9)[|History of China]-This website is a documentry of China's past it has links to different parts, to look for what we are studying in this section look at the links in Republican China and the People's Republic of China. 10)[|Henry Kissinger]-This website is entirely about Henry Kissinger it has many things to do with him a couple of those things are a biography, speeches and statements, and a rememberance.



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