Mao Timeline - Timeline

Emergence of the CCP

Death of Sun Yatsen, Chiang Kai-Shek became United front leader

The White Terror

Futian Incident

Zunyi Conference

Mao's rectification campaigns

Mao became "Chairman of the Communist Central Committee and Chairman of the Politburo"

Mao published "On New Democracy"

Japan's full-scale invasion of China

GMD turned on CCP

GMD's Main Mistakes: 1) Disregarded Japanese invasion, let CCP to take credit 2) Betrayed CCP & was stubborn, lost support 3) Let corruption persist 4) V bad moral, dictatorial rule, repression = unpopular, proved Mao's point 5) Caused hyperinflation, damaged econ, increased taxes on peasants = lost both middle class & peasant support 6) Forced S & thinly spread, CCP able to control much countryside & N China 7) Sent best troops to Manchuria before controlling N & central China, lost Manchuria

CCP's Main Strengths: 1) Used guerrilla training to hold N China & rural areas 2) Secured control of N China, made incursions into cities 3) Popular support, effective propaganda, appealed to peasants 4) Created cult of leadership 5) Weapons from ex Russian occupation, GMD defectors 6) Lin Biao's mil expertise

Mao proclaims peoples'republic of China

First KMT CCP united front

Northern Expedition

Nanjing decade

Jiangxi Soviet

The Long March

Second united front against Japanese

CCP in Yanan

Japanese Occupation

Second Civil War

First civil war