CHINA

Opium War

-lose to Britain b/c not industrialized

*pay indemnity *lose Hong Kong

*extraterritoriality *open 5 ports for trade

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Whenever you see May Fourth Movement

-strengthen China against the west

need to modernize

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Righteous Harmonious Fists aka the Boxers

-want to get rid of foreigners

-rebellion-attack foreigners

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3-sided struggle over control of China is btw

-Japan

-Guomindang (Nationalist Party)

-Communists

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Communists

-leader of Communists-Mao Zedong

-follow ideas of Karl Marx

-saw that a communist revolution was successful in

Russia

-Jiang Jieshi-leader of Guomindang aka NationalistParty

-see communists as competition for power

want to get rid of them

attackLong March-head north to escape

Guomindang

-Mao enforces strict rules during Long March

gain followers

-gain support among the PEASANTS

-Communistswin the civil war

Jiang Jieshi and Guomindang flee the country

and go to Taiwan

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JAPAN

Whenever you see MEIJI

-modernize-reform-westernize-industrialize

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Begin to follow policy of imperialism-want an empire b/c need

-natural resources for industry

-outlet for population

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1920s-becoming more democratic

Great Depression hitseconomic problems

1930s

-military and extreme nationalists taking over

CHINA

Opium War

-lose to Britain b/c not industrialized

-sign Treaty o Versailles

*pay indemnity *lose Hong Kong

*extraterritoriality *open 5 ports for trade

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Whenever you see May Fourth Movement

-strengthen China against the west

need to modernize

Righteous Harmonious Fists aka the Boxers

-want to get rid of foreigners

-rebellion-attack foreigners

3-sided struggle over control of China is btw

-Japan

-Guomindang (Nationalist Party)

-Communists

Communists

-leader of Communists-Mao Zedong

-follow ideas of Karl Marx

-saw that a communist revolution was successful in

Russia

-Jiang Jieshi-leader of Guomindang aka NationalistParty

-see communists as competition for power

want to get rid of them

attackLong March-head north to escape

Guomindang

-Mao enforces strict rules during Long March

gain followers

-gain support among the PEASANTS

-Communistswin the civil war

Jiang Jieshi and Guomindang flee the country

and go to Taiwan

CHINA

Guomindang aka Nationalist Party

-leader is Jiang Jieshi (Chiang kai-shek)

-wants to eliminate the Communists who he sees as competition

-followers become angry w/him b/c getting rid of Japan should

be the top priority not fighting the communists

Communists=Reds or Red Army

-Mao Zedong-leader

-ideas on Communism from Karl Marx-Communist Manifesto

-Take the Long March b/c fleeing from Guomindang (Nationalists)

-strict discipline while on marchgain followers

-believed the rural peasants would help lead the revolution

JAPAN

Japan realized that they must change to survive

 begin a policy of reform that turned Japan into a modern

industrial nation

The symbol of the new era was the young emperor Mutsuhito

-he called his reign the Meiji-meaning “Enlightened Rule”

this period became known as the Meiji Restoration

-1920s-Japan becoming more democratic

*all men gain right to vote

-1930s-military/conservatives/ultranationalists gaining power

WHY?

*Great Depressionmillions lost their jobs

blame problems on western ways

want to return to conservative ways

stressed loyalty and service to the country

military/conservatives/ultranationalists want to expand

-want an empire like many of the western nations

-also needs resources

-need an outlet for Japan’s increasing population

-attacks China since they are weak from years of civil war and famine

Whenever you see the term May Fourth Movement think

-movement to strengthen/modernize/westernize China