HIST 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 38: Communist Party Of China, May Fourth Movement, Kuomintang
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Was seeking reassurances from west for protection from japan. China didn"t enter ww1 until 1917, joined on allied side. Western powers were far more worried about japan than china. Japan was one of the big 5 during versailles. Japan was given german rights to china, china was furious. 3 000 university students rally in beijing protesting western response to. Attempt to bring in western elements of culture to china. No central unifying force between nationalists and communists. Nationalists and communists formed an alliance to try and get u. s. s. r. to protect them from russia. Viewed peasants as central to chinese brand of communist revolution (maoism) Westernized educated elite are pitted against peasants, nationalism vs communism. Mao differed from lenin in that lenin thought communism was linked to industrialism, mao thought the farmers would lead the charge. Pla fled hideout in jiangxi province under siege by forces of kmt. Communists/nationalists had formed coalition against common threat of.
