Chinese civil war
Overview:
The Chinese Civil War, which began in August 1972, was fought between forces of the government of the Kuomintang-led Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). In other words, it was a nationalist vs. communist war. These two major parties formed after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. In August 1972, the Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek decides he wants to rid China of Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China who had previously worked together to unify China. The Kuomintang killed and arrested many leaders of the CPC which is known as the Shanghai Massacre. The CPC led an uprising called the Autumn Harvest Uprising which failed. From 1927 to 1936, the CPC continued uprisings and the Kuomintang continued fighting to subdue them. In 1934, the CPC army was forced to retreat from the Kuomintang and went on a series of long marches that lasted from October 1934 to October 1935. The war was put on pause in 1937 during World War II when the Japanese invaded China. Both sides reunited against the Japanese. With the end of World War II in 1945, the civil was renewed. In October 1949, the CPC captured Beijing and declared victory in the war. They declared that China was under the rule of the People’s Republic of China.
In 1958, Mao Zedong instituted his second five-year plan called the Great Leap Forward which focused heavily on industry and formed large people’s communes during agricultural advancements. Mao was concerned that the new ruling class had become too estranged from the people that it was supposed to be serving so he launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that was supposed to unseat the ruling class.
Impact:
The Chinese Civil War contributed to the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union contributed financially to the Chinese Civil War. The CPC was heavily funded by the U.S.S.R in order to spread the theory of communism. The fact that the U.S.S.R was funding the CPC, which was a communistic party, greatly scared the U.S. Therefore the U.S. financially supported the Kuomintang and the Republic of China. In a way, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were fighting through their financial support in the Chinese Civil War.
The Chinese Civil War, which began in August 1972, was fought between forces of the government of the Kuomintang-led Republic of China and the Communist Party of China (CPC). In other words, it was a nationalist vs. communist war. These two major parties formed after the collapse of the Qing Dynasty in 1911. In August 1972, the Kuomintang leader Chiang Kai-shek decides he wants to rid China of Mao Zedong and the Communist Party of China who had previously worked together to unify China. The Kuomintang killed and arrested many leaders of the CPC which is known as the Shanghai Massacre. The CPC led an uprising called the Autumn Harvest Uprising which failed. From 1927 to 1936, the CPC continued uprisings and the Kuomintang continued fighting to subdue them. In 1934, the CPC army was forced to retreat from the Kuomintang and went on a series of long marches that lasted from October 1934 to October 1935. The war was put on pause in 1937 during World War II when the Japanese invaded China. Both sides reunited against the Japanese. With the end of World War II in 1945, the civil was renewed. In October 1949, the CPC captured Beijing and declared victory in the war. They declared that China was under the rule of the People’s Republic of China.
In 1958, Mao Zedong instituted his second five-year plan called the Great Leap Forward which focused heavily on industry and formed large people’s communes during agricultural advancements. Mao was concerned that the new ruling class had become too estranged from the people that it was supposed to be serving so he launched the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution that was supposed to unseat the ruling class.
Impact:
The Chinese Civil War contributed to the tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Cold War. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union contributed financially to the Chinese Civil War. The CPC was heavily funded by the U.S.S.R in order to spread the theory of communism. The fact that the U.S.S.R was funding the CPC, which was a communistic party, greatly scared the U.S. Therefore the U.S. financially supported the Kuomintang and the Republic of China. In a way, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were fighting through their financial support in the Chinese Civil War.