A brief, concise history of China from the 1850s to 1949. Covers:
Qing Dynasty
Opium Wars / Relationships with Western nations in late 1800s-early 1900s
Sino-Japanese Wars
Establishment of ROC (Republic of China), Sun Yat-sen, Nationalist Party, Chiang Kai-shek
WWI, Warlord Era, WWII
Rise of CCP (Chinese Communist Party) Mao Zedong, Long March
Civil War between Nationalist & Communists
Nationalists leave for Taiwan
PRC (People’s Republic of China) born, 1949
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