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Tea and Opium Connection
British East India Trading Company establishes a foothold in China
Opium grown in India sold in China
Opium Addiction in China skyrockets
British sell opium to ChinaAnd gain influence
In China
British use profits to buy Tea which is sold
in UK also use profits toBuy more land in
India
British buy land in India and forcePeople to grow poppy plants and
process it into opium
Opium War
Chinese tell British to stop selling and they refuse
British use advancements in warships and other weapons to defeat Chinese
British win easily Treaty of Nanjing: British gain
Hong Kong and extraterritorial rights
Taiping Rebellion
Chinese emperors lose power
Europeans and Americans gain influence
Open Door Policy- forces China’s ports to be open to all countries
Boxer Rebellion
Chinese dock workers rebel against foreigners.
Foreigners maintain influence in China.
People start to lose confidence in emperor.
Rise of the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalists)
Kuomintang overthrows China’s emperor.
Nationalists and Communists unite to fight warlords.
Nationalists did not trust Communists and attempt to get rid of them.
Chinese Civil War 1927-1947
Nationalists Jiang Jieshi or
Chiang Kai Shek Get rid of foreigners Capitalist Individual owns
business Middle and upper
class Allies- USA
Chinese Civil War
Communists Mao Zedong Get rid of foreigners Businesses owned
by government Commoners, working
class, and lower class
Allies- Soviet Union
Pre World War II results
Nationalists were winning
Communists forced to go on Long March
Civil War takes a break when Japanese invade China
Post World War II
Japan commits war crimes against China- Rape of Nanjing
Nationalists blamed for not protecting people
People join Communists= they win Chinese Civil War
Nationalists fled to Taiwan
China falls to communism