Contemporary Chinese history began in 1912 after the last Chinese emperor abdicated the throne and the country became a republic. After 1912, warlords, Kuomintang, also called the Chinese National Party and the Communist Party emerged in the Political stage. After 1931, Japan seized Manchuria—an act that eventually began a war between the two nations in 1937. During the Japan-Sino war (1937-1945), the Communist Party and the Kuomintang was forced to cooperate with each other to fight Japan. A civil war between the Kuomintang and the communists broke out (1946-1949). The result was communists came to power. During the early years of communist rule in China and the People's Republic of China, mass starvation, malnutrition, and disease, political purge, communists, Great Leap Forward, Cultural Revolution... Contents 01 序编 Preface 1 序言 2 Preface 2 序言 3 Preface 3 02 国父孙中山 Father of the Nation Sun Yat-sen 03 辛亥革命 The 1911 Revolution 04 袁世凯复辟 Yuan Shikai's restoration monarchy 05 溥仪和满洲国 Puyi and Manchukuo 06 民国军阀 Warlord Era 07 北伐 Northern Expedition 08 黄埔军校 Republic of China Military Academy (中华民国陆军军官学校) 09 新文化运动 New Culture Movement 10 白话文运动 Vernacular Movement 11 国共关系 KMT-CCP relations 12 长征 The Long March 13 卢沟桥事变 Lugou Bridge Incident 14 西安事变 The Xi'an Incident 15 南京大屠杀 The Nanjing Massacre 16 四行仓库保卫战 Defense of Sihang Warehouse 17 中国远征军 The Chinese Expeditionary Force 18 国共内战 Chinese Civil War 19 国民政府接管台湾 National Government takes over Taiwan 20 二二八事件 February 28 massacre 21 土地改革运动 Chinese Land Reform 22 朝鲜战争与中国 The Korean War and China 23 大跃进 Great Leap Forward 24 文化大革命 Cultural Revolution 25 改革开放 Chinese economic reform....
