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China 1920's
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Undergraduate 3
04/21/2009

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Yuan Shikai
Definition
Army gerneral defeated revolutionaries
second provisional president of China
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Sun Yat-sen
Definition
Revoultionary and political leader
1st Provisional President
Co-founder of GMD and its first leader
Comander during 1911 revolution
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Guomindang
Definition
Aka GMD
Founded by Sun
Chinese Nationalist party
Founded Republic of China
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Warlordism
Definition
Period of Chaos between fall of Qing and birth of the Republic of China
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Chinese Communist Party
Definition
Aka CCP
founded 1921
with the advise of the Comintern 13 delegates form CCP in secret
want to organize labor unions and have workers join party
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May Fourth Incident
Definition
1919 Thousand of college students gather in Tianamen square in response to governments weak response to treaty of Versailles
Becomes May fourth movement-political and cultural movement.
Leads to founding of CCP
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Peking University
Definition
Newly founded school. Students from May fourth Movement attend there
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Treaty of Versailles
Definition
Peace treaty ending WWI
Germany loses Shandong provience. Instead of returning it back to China it gives it to Japan. China is outraged
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Cai Yuanpei
Definition
Chancellor of Peking University.
Critical of Chinese Culture. Leads to May fourth movement
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Chen Duxiu
Definition
Founder of co-CCP.
First Chairman of CCP
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New Youth
Definition
Revolutionary magazine
Promotes Marxism
Influences many leaders of CCP
Also played role in May fourth
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