the chinese civil war

Outcomes – Nationalist or Communist?

NationalistsKMT - Kuomintang

CommunistsCCP – Chinese Communist

Party

Feeling threatened, Chiang launched a massive campaign against the Communist army

Outnumbered, Communists begin to flee

90,000 Chinese began

7,000 Chinese finished

90,000 Chinese began

7,000 Chinese finished

Traveled 6,000 miles from Southeast China to Northwest Province of Shaanxi

Traveled 6,000 miles from Southeast China to Northwest Province of Shaanxi

KMT: Kuomintang (Nationalist Party)◦ Chiang Kai-shek (President)

CCP: Chinese Communist Party◦ Mao Zedong

Nationalists Communists

A revolution to remove “3 big mountains”◦imperialism◦feudalism◦bureaucrat-capitalism

A “United Front” of …◦workers◦peasants

1. Won support of huge peasant population by promising land and food

2. Won support of women by promising to reject traditional beliefs of Confucius

3. Many people across the country blamed the Nationalists for allowing the “foreign devils” to dominate in China

On paper… In reality…

Marx, Lenin, Stalin, Castro, and MAO

Let us follow closely Chairman Mao in the storm!

Chairman Mao is the red sun of our hearts.

Read Chairman Mao's works, listen Chairman Mao's words, Obey to Chairman Mao's orders.

Read Chairman Mao's works, listen Chairman Mao's words, Obey to Chairman Mao's orders.

Chairman Mao will be with us forever.