History 2601E Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Unequal Treaty, Chinese Head Tax In Canada, Confucianism
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14. 1 china under chain kai shek chiang tried to convert his military success to political success by making the. Goumingdang into a truly national political party under his leadership. Chiang didn"t see a distinction between military and civilian life believed that the military and military disciple would be a force for modernization and nation building implemented at whampoa military acadenty - trained to fight and be moral exemplars. Northern expedition confirmed effectiveness of this spiritual training but it deleted the whomps graduates - so the revolutionary army was forced to get poorly trained warlords. Whampoa were out numbered by soldiers that didn"t subscribe to their ways. Any sypersition campaign - cults and superstitions - kmt confiscated temples only succeeded in alienating people what it takes to rule china - strong institutional structure and strong ideological. 14. 2 woodcut movement - highly politicized art form to be fully utilized by the cpp during sino japanese war time.