Chiang Kai-Shek and the Kuomintang
Background to 1919
•China lost Sino-Japanese war in 1894-1895
•European’s created open door policy
•Provoked nationalist outburst in China (Boxer Rebellion)
•Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists attacked foreigners
•1911 Sun Yat Sen led revolution to rid China of foreigners
Becomes first president of the Republic of China
Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang
•Led the Kuomintang
•Had trouble getting foreign aid because they were socialist (except USSR)
•Wanted to establish a socialist democracy
Country was dominated by warlords
Chiang Kai-Shek
•Became leader of the Kuomintang in 1925 after Sun Yat Sen died
•Communist, Mao Zedong, was leader of propaganda
•Soon controlled all of China south of the Yangste River
Rid his party of Communists, killed many while others like Mao fled to remote parts of China
•China lost Sino-Japanese war in 1894-1895
•European’s created open door policy
•Provoked nationalist outburst in China (Boxer Rebellion)
•Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists attacked foreigners
•1911 Sun Yat Sen led revolution to rid China of foreigners
Becomes first president of the Republic of China
Sun Yat Sen and the Kuomintang
•Led the Kuomintang
•Had trouble getting foreign aid because they were socialist (except USSR)
•Wanted to establish a socialist democracy
Country was dominated by warlords
Chiang Kai-Shek
•Became leader of the Kuomintang in 1925 after Sun Yat Sen died
•Communist, Mao Zedong, was leader of propaganda
•Soon controlled all of China south of the Yangste River
Rid his party of Communists, killed many while others like Mao fled to remote parts of China
Question: Before Mao controlled the south of the Yangste river, who was the leader?
Summary: Leader and creator of the Kuomintang was Sun Yat Sen. The country was dominated by warlords and due to this there was little foreign aid because they were socialist (meaning only aid from Soviet Union). There was an attempt to unify China and create a socialist democracy.