Sun Yixian

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Sun Yixian
Nestor Ramos

• Madelyn Lopez

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Early Years

• Sun Yixian was born in the kingdom of Hawaii on
  November 24th, 1870. He was raised by a peasant
  family in the village of Cuiheng Xiangshan. He
  was known as a Chinese revolutionary and
  political leaders referred him as the father of
  modern china. He was the first provisional
  president when the Republic of China was founded
  in 1912 and then founder of the Kuomintang where
  he served as its first leader. Although Sun is
  considered one of the greatest leaders of modern
  China, his political life was one of constant
  struggle and frequent exile.

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The End of Qing Dynasty

• The Qing Dynasty ruled over china since 1644
• Sun Yixian overthrew the Dynasty in 1911
• He wanted to establish a modern government that
  was based on
• nationalism- an end to foreign control
• Peoples rights- democracy
• Peoples livehood- economic security for all
  Chinese.

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Nationalism

• Nationalism is the belief that people should be
  loyal mainly to their nation, to the people with
  their share of culture and history. It started in
  the late 1800s and continued through the early
  1900s.

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Nationalists vs. Communists

• A bitter civil war was raging between the
  Nationalists and the Communists when the Japanese
  invaded China in 1937. Mao Zedong was the leader
  of the communists, he had a stronghold in
  northwestern china. He mobilized peasants for
  guerrilla war against the Japanese in the
  northeast .cause of their efforts to promote
  literacy and improve food production they won the
  peasants loyalty.by 1945 they controlled most of
  northern China

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Nationalist Vs. Communists Cont.

• Under Jiang Jieshi the Nationalists dominated
  southwestern China.He was protected by rugged
  mountain ranges, he took advantage by building an
  army of 2.5 million men. From 1942 to 1945, the
  united states sent the Nationalist at least 1.5
  billion in aid to fight the Japanese. The
  nationalist army saved its strength for the
  coming battle against Maos Red army. When Japan
  surrendered, the Nationalist and Communists
  continue fighting.

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The Two Chinas Affect the Cold War

• China has split into two nations, which were the
  island of Taiwan also known as the Nationalist
  China and the main land or People Republic of
  China. The conflicting international loyalties
  they inspired caused the cold war to become more
  intensified. After Jiang Jieshi fled to
  Nationalist China the U.S helped him set up a
  Nationalist government on that small island .this
  was called the Republic of China. The Communist
  China received financial, military and technical
  aid from the Soviets because of this Chinese and
  the Soviets pledged to come to each others
  defense if either one was attack. The U.S tried
  to stop the Soviets from expanding in Asia .

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Chinese political opponents during 1945
Communists vs Nationalists
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• The Failing economy
• There was weak public support on Jiang Jieshi