Two republics in China : how imperial China became the PRC / / X. L. Woo

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812337603321
• Autore: Woo X. L.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Algora Publishing, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-62894-098-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Disciplina: 951.05
• Soggetti: Republics - History - 20th century; Communism - China - History - 20th century; Social change - China - History - 20th century; Social conflict - China - History - 20th century; China Politics and government 20th century; China History Republic, 1912-1949; China History 1949-1976; China History, Military 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Part One ; Chapter 1. 1911: How the Last Dynasty Crumbled and Warlords Took Over; Rebellion in Wuchang City; The Establishment of the Republic of China; The Ambition of Yuan Shikai; How Yuan became president of the Republic of China; Chaos; Restoration of the abdicated emperor; May 4 student movement; Battles in the southwestern provinces; Sun Yat-sen goes north, looking to overthrow the Peking government; Chen Jiongming turns traitor in Canton; Early History of the Communist Party of China; The organization of the Communist Party of China; Whampoa military academy; The Break-up of the Nationalist Party and the Communist PartyVictory of the Revolutionary Army and the final break between the two parties; Chapter 2. The First Civil War Between the Nationalist Party and the Communist Party; Communist Party Riots; The riot in Nanchang City; Mao Zedong resorts to rebellion; Chiang Kai-Shek Besieges the Red Army Five Times; The first siege; The second siege; The third siege; ; The establishment of the Red government in Ruijin ; The fourth siege; The fifth siege; The Famous Long March ; The military coup d'état in Xian City; Chapter 3. The Japanese Invasion of ChinaEvents Leading Up to the Sino-Japanese War in 1937; The 9/18 event; The 1/28 event; The establishment of Manchukuo; The 12/9 event; The Outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, Or the Anti-Japanese War; The double 7s event-Lugou Bridge event; The 8/13 event-battle in Shanghai; The battles in Shanxi province; The slaughter in Nanking; The battles in Shandong province; The battles at Wuhan city area; The Japanese army takes Canton in the south; The Japanese army attacks Changsha City three times; The battles in Nanning City; The battles of 100 regiments of the Communist PartyThe campaigns in northern Burma and western Yunnan province; The campaigns in the western Hunan province; Building the Communist Ranks in YanAn ; Gathering students ; Jiang Qing-Mao Zedong's4th wife -in Yanan; Mao's marriage history and his other women ; The Puppet Governments in China Under Japan; The assassination of Wang Jingwei; The puppet government in Nanking; The rectification campaign of the Communist Party in yanan; Chapter 4. The Second Civil War Between the Nationalist Party and the Communist Party; Conflicts Between the Two Parties to Take Over Areas Occupied By JapanAmerica's mediation between the Nationalist Party and the Communist Party; The Nationalist Government Was Expelled to Taiwan; The second civil war actually began; The campaign in the northeastern provinces; The campaign in Huaihai River area; The campaign in Peking and Tianjin area; The end of the second civil war; Part Two; Chapter 5. The Establishment of the People's Republic of China; The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference; The Ceremony of the Establishment of the People's Republic of China; The Ruling System of the People's Republic of China
• Sommario/riassunto: Mr. Woo continues his history of China from 1911, when the Qing dynasty was overthrown after the death of Empress Dowager Cixi, to modern times: a tumultuous century that saw chaos and warlords, invasions, regime change, confiscation of property, and later a return to a mixed economy allowing some capitalist features. In fact, China now has over 100 billionaires - but many families lost everything along the way.