The Opium War And Chinese Civil War

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The Opium War And Chinese Civil War
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Tea and Opium Connection

• British East India Trading Company establishes a
  foothold in China
• Opium grown in India sold in China
• Opium Addiction in China skyrockets

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Collection of Poppy Seeds and Flowers
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Opium War

• Chinese tell British to stop selling and they
  refuse
• British use advancements in warships and other
  weapons to defeat Chinese
• British win easily
• Treaty of Nanjing British gain Hong Kong and
  extraterritorial rights

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Taiping Rebellion

• Chinese emperors lose power
• Europeans and Americans gain influence
• Open Door Policy- forces Chinas ports to be open
  to all countries

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Boxer Rebellion

• Chinese dock workers rebel against foreigners.
• Foreigners maintain influence in China.
• People start to lose confidence in emperor.

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Rise of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalists)

• Kuomintang overthrows Chinas emperor.
• Nationalists and Communists unite to fight
  warlords.
• Nationalists did not trust Communists and attempt
  to get rid of them.

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Chinese Civil War 1927-1947

• Nationalists
• Jiang Jieshi or Chiang Kai Shek
• Get rid of foreigners
• Capitalist
• Individual owns business
• Middle and upper class
• Allies- USA

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Chinese Civil War

• Communists
• Mao Zedong
• Get rid of foreigners
• Businesses owned by government
• Commoners, working class, and lower class
• Allies- Soviet Union

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Pre World War II results

• Nationalists were winning
• Communists forced to go on Long March
• Civil War takes a break when Japanese invade
  China

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Post World War II

• Japan commits war crimes against China- Rape of
  Nanjing
• Nationalists blamed for not protecting people
• People join Communists they win Chinese Civil
  War
• Nationalists fled to Taiwan
• China falls to communism

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Maos Communist China

• Great Leap Forward
• Commune Farms
• Propaganda
• Cultural Revolution
• Indoctrination
• Red Guard / Secret Police