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The Republic of China's first president, Sun Yat-sen, chose Zhōnghuá Mínguó (中華民國; 'Chinese People's State') as the country's official Chinese name.The name was derived from the language of the Tongmenghui's 1905 party manifesto, which proclaimed that the four goals of the Chinese revolution were "to expel the Manchu rulers, revive China (), establish a people's state (mínguó ...
In spite of this position and in order to ensure that Japan did not refuse to join the League of Nations, Wilson favored turning over the former German colony of Shandong, in Eastern China, to the Japanese Empire rather than return the area to the Republic of China's control. [65] Further confounding the Americans, was US internal partisan ...
The history of the Republic of China began in 1912 with the end of the Qing dynasty, when the Xinhai Revolution and the formation of the Republic of China put an end to 2,000 years of imperial rule. The Republic experienced many trials and tribulations after its founding which included being dominated by elements as disparate as warlord ...
Paul French argues that the only victor of the Treaty of Versailles in China was communism, as rising public anger led directly to the formation of the CCP. The Treaty also led to Japan pursuing its conquests with greater boldness, which Wellington Koo had predicted in 1919 would lead to the outbreak of war between China and Japan.
Han defeats Chu and its allies and unifies China. 205 BCE Battle of Pengcheng: Western Chu defeats Han. 205 BCE Battle of Xingyang: 205 BCE Battle of Jingxing: Han defeats the Zhao state. 204 BCE Battle of Wei River: Han defeats Western Chu and the Qi state. 202 BCE Battle of Gaixia: Han defeats Western Chu and unifies China under the Han dynasty.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 January 2025. 1927–1949 civil war in China For other uses, see Chinese Civil War (disambiguation). Chinese Civil War Part of the interwar period, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Cold War Clockwise from top left: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping National Revolutionary Army troops ...
The Chinese Communist Revolution was a political revolution in China that culminated with the proclamation of the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. The revolution was led by intellectuals who were members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which afterwards became the ruling party of China's party-state.
Chinese propaganda illustration (c. 1930) celebrating cooperation between its military and that of the German Weimar Republic. Under the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, the German Army had been restricted to 100,000 men, and its military-industrial production was greatly reduced.