Yuan Shikai was the president because he wanted power for himself, he's not in

interested in Sun Yat-Sen's principles

In 1915, Pu Yi is the Emperor, but it's not impressive anymore because there are
just eunuchs and warlords.

While these warlords are in power, WW1 ends.

China goes in they say, "Hey, let's talk about those unfair demands" to the
countries and they say "Hey, why don't you tell Japan?" which is unfair because
Japan is stronger.

May 4th movement

SYS is spurred

Key element of Confucianism: father and son

For China to move forward, they need to get out of that idea: patriotism

1996 is when Taiwan, ROC, truly becomes democratic.

Chiang Kai-Shek- born in 1888, Hsi-Kou (near Hang zhou)
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Born into a pretty common family

Father sells exotic items like salt.

Age of 9, daddy dies. ):

Mommy sews for the family.
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Chiang family goes into jail because his family could not afford to pay taxes
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Chiang could put chopsticks into his throat way down, just to show off to
people
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Strong opinions at his teachers.

Leads a protest against his mean teachers.
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Favorite school has a strict teacher that tells him what to do- good for him
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14 years old- gets arranged marriage with a 19-year-old.

Has a son
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Living during a tough time in China
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Chiang decides to join the military
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1907- wins a mission to a Japanese military academy

Does not like Japanese in the way the government is working

Learns military tactics

He cuts of his queue before he leaves.
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1911- returns to China

Revolution begins

Chiang is excited that Qing is over.

But then Yuan Shi-kai, another warlord comes along.
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Shanghai is controlled by various gangs and foreigners
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Chiang goes to Shanghai.

Green Gang

Chiang works with them

Spends a number of years in the underworld
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1923- firmly involved with SYS movement

Sends him to Russia- USSR (Soviet Union)

The Russian Czar family are killed

VI Lenin and Josef Stalin- revolutionary leaders

Communist- Karl Marx

Chiang Kai Shek doesn't trust the Communist

Gets named as the head of the military trading of SYS

1925- SYS dies. ):

A few years earlier, the KMT has joined with the communist

But they were not big powerful group, so they joined their strengths to
overthrow the war lords.

Chinese communists- Zhou Enlai and Mao Zedong

Why might Chiang Kai-Shek not want to work with the communists
anymore?

Why are the KMT's 3 principles going to clash with the Chinese
communists?

Things that are important to Communists:
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Power
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Education
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Taxes
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Factories
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Agriculture
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Level of society to be pushed into one

Whole idea of communism is for the lower class to overthrow high class: to
spread the wealth.