Chinese Civil War

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armed conflict civil war war in China

The Chinese Civil War was a protracted conflict (primarily between the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party) that reshaped China’s political landscape and led to the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.

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All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
Chinese Civil War canonical 153
Chinese Communist Revolution 21
Chinese Civil War (1945–1949) 1

Statements (57)

Predicate Object
instanceOf armed conflict ⓘ
civil war ⓘ
war in China ⓘ
belligerent Chinese Red Army ⓘ
surface form: Chinese Communist forces

Nationalist government forces ⓘ
surface form: Kuomintang government forces

People's Republic of China government ⓘ
surface form: People's Republic of China (proclaimed after victory)

Republic of China ⓘ
caused large-scale population displacement in China ⓘ
major economic disruption in China ⓘ
significant civilian casualties ⓘ
conflictBetween Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
Kuomintang ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army ⓘ
People's Liberation Army ⓘ
endDate 1949 ⓘ
firstPhaseEndDate 1937 ⓘ
firstPhaseStartDate 1927 ⓘ
followedBy cross-Strait relations ⓘ
surface form: Cross-Strait conflict

First Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
Second Taiwan Strait Crisis ⓘ
continuing political status of Taiwan dispute ⓘ
hasPhase First phase of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Second phase of the Chinese Civil War ⓘ
ideologicalConflict Chinese nationalism vs. Chinese communism ⓘ
anti-communism vs. Marxism–Leninism ⓘ
interruptedBy Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War
involvedForeignSupport Soviet Union support for the Chinese Communist Party ⓘ
United States support for the Kuomintang ⓘ
keyLeader Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
Mao Zedong ⓘ
Zhou Enlai ⓘ
Zhu De ⓘ
ledTo Kuomintang rule in Taiwan ⓘ
one-party communist rule on mainland China ⓘ
location China ⓘ
Chinese mainland ⓘ
majorEvent Battle of Wuhan ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Wuhan (1938)

Huaihai Campaign ⓘ
Liaoshen Campaign ⓘ
Long March ⓘ
Pingjin Campaign ⓘ
Xi’an Incident ⓘ
surface form: Xi'an Incident
partOf 20th-century revolutionary movements ⓘ
precededBy Northern Expedition ⓘ
Shanghai massacre of 1927 ⓘ
Republican era of China ⓘ
surface form: Warlord Era in China
result Communist victory ⓘ
division of control between mainland China and Taiwan ⓘ
establishment of the People's Republic of China ⓘ
retreat of the Republic of China government to Taiwan ⓘ
secondPhaseEndDate 1949 ⓘ
secondPhaseStartDate 1946 ⓘ
shaped Cold War dynamics in East Asia ⓘ
significance ended centuries of imperial and warlord rule patterns in China ⓘ
reshaped China's political landscape ⓘ
startDate 1927 ⓘ
temporaryAlliance Second United Front ⓘ

Referenced by (190)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Deng Xiaoping → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
NRA → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: National Revolutionary Army
Military Affairs Commission of the National Government of China → significantEvent → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Xi’an Incident → mainSubject → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Central Plains War → partOf → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Whampoa Military Academy → significantIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
First United Front → followedBy → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Zhou Enlai → participantIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
CCP → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: Chinese Communist Party
Selected Works of Mao Zedong → timePeriodCovered → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Chen Cheng → participantIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Mengjiang → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Yan Xishan → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Central Army of the Kuomintang → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Li Zongren → movement → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Nationalist movement
Guomin Gemingjun → significantEvent → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Guomin Gemingjun → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Soviet occupation of Manchuria → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Bai Chongxi → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Yang Hucheng → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Mao Zetan → participantIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Long March → partOf → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Xuzhou → wasBattlegroundIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Hu Zongnan → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Hu Zongnan → associatedWith → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Civil War in Northwest China
Yan'an → associatedWithEvent → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Tang Enbo → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Chinese Northeastern Army → activeDuring → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Civil War (interwar period)
PLA → engagedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
subject surface form: People's Liberation Army
Nanchang Uprising → partOf → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Army Day → relatedTo → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Republic of China Air Force → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Chinese 71st Army → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
He Shuheng → participantIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Li Weihan → participantIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Li Weihan → participantIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Communist Revolution
Li Lisan → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Communist revolution
Li Lisan → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Liu Shaoqi → movement → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Communist Revolution
Liu Shaoqi → movement → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Civil War (Communist side)
Liu Shaoqi → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Teng Daiyuan → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Xiang Ying → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Xiang Ying → movement → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chinese Communist Revolution
Chen Yi → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Chen Yi → militaryConflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
New Fourth Army Incident → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Choe Yong-gon → participatedIn → Chinese Civil War ⓘ
Xin Si Jun → conflict → Chinese Civil War ⓘ