HIS 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Washington Naval Conference, Mao Zedong, Sun Yat-Sen
14 Nov 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Week 9 class 2 the communist party in china. Many intellectual chines turned against western democracy and looked towards the 1917 revolution in russia for inspiration founding the communist party of china in 1921 mao zedong. Believed communist revolution would not begin with urban factory workers, but with rural peasants. Steering the communist party in a very important direction american and european engagements with japan. Washington naval conference (1922) size limits on navies. 5:5:3 ration for great britain, united states, and japan. Japan has established the international respect that they had been hoping for nine power treaty. Open door policy reaf rmed china will remain a doormat to the trade industry four power pact. One another"s colonial possessions would be respected. Japan established their place in the diplomatic and political mix by 1922 kmt and ccp alliance. Sun yat-sen organizes the kmt along bolshevik"s lines.
