Chinese Revolution

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The Chinese Revolution was the prolonged political and social upheaval in China that culminated in the Communist Party’s victory in 1949 and the establishment of the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong.


Statements (62)
Predicate Object
instanceOf historical event
political upheaval
revolution
social upheaval
cause agrarian crisis in China
anti-imperialist sentiment
desire for national unification
foreign imperialism in China
social inequality in China
warlordism in China
weakness of the Qing dynasty
consequence end of imperial rule in China
end of warlord era in China
land reform in China
reorganization of Chinese society along socialist lines
country China
endDate 1949
hasPart Chinese Civil War
Long March
May Fourth Movement
Northern Expedition
Second Sino-Japanese War
War of Liberation
Xinhai Revolution
ideology Chinese nationalism
Maoism
Marxism-Leninism
influenced revolutionary movements in the Global South
influencedBy New Culture Movement
October Revolution
keyFigure Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Sun Yat-sen
Zhou Enlai
Zhu De
language Chinese
leader Mao Zedong
location China
mainParticipant Chinese peasantry
Chinese working class
Communist Party of China
Kuomintang
opponent Japanese Empire
Republic of China government
warlords in China
region East Asia
relatedEvent Cold War
Russian Revolution
result defeat of the Kuomintang on the mainland
establishment of the People’s Republic of China
retreat of the Republic of China government to Taiwan
victory of the Communist Party of China
significantYear 1911
1919
1921
1927
1934
1937
1945
1949
startDate 1911
timePeriod 20th century

Referenced by (32)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chen Yi ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
He Shuheng ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
He Zizhen ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
Li Weihan ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
Liu Bocheng ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
Mao Zedong
Peng Dehuai ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
Yang Kaihui
Zhou Enlai ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
movement
Chiang Chieh-shih ("Chinese Civil War")
Lin Biao ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
National Revolutionary Army ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
Peng Dehuai ("Chinese Civil War")
conflict
First United Front
Guangzhou Uprising ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
May Fourth Movement ("Chinese Revolution (1911–1949)")
Nanchang Uprising
partOf
Hunan First Normal School
March of the Volunteers ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
On Practice
associatedWith
New Culture Movement ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
New Culture Movement ("New Democratic Revolution")
followedBy
Chinese peasantry
associatedEvent
Liu Bocheng ("Chinese Civil War")
battle
Chinese Communist Party ("establishment of the People's Republic of China")
cameToPowerEvent
Chinese Civil War (early phase) ("Republican era in China")
hasPoliticalContext
Nepalese Maoist movement ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
influencedBy
Chinese Marxism ("new democratic revolution")
keyConcept
Selected Works of Mao Zedong ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
mainSubject
Zhou Enlai
participantIn
Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia border region ("Chinese Communist Revolution")
relatedEvent
Second United Front ("Chinese Civil War")
relatedTo

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