The Road to the PRC
1937 1932
1915 Japan seizes Manchuria
Japan proclaims Manchukuo: Independent state in Manchuria; Installs Pu Yi as puppet ruler.
Japan bombs Nanjing; “Rape of Nanjing” 1938 Japan occupies coast.
1945 Japan loses WWII
1949 1911-1916
1916-1928
1931-4
1934
1946-9
Yuan
China divided into warring states;
Nationalists focus on defeating Communists.
1927: Nationalist alliance with Communists breaks down;
Ignore Japanese incursion, widespread poverty and need for land reform.
Mao leads the Communists on the Long March; establishes new base of operations near Yunnan and implements land reform.
Civil War between Nationalists and Communists.
Dictatorship
1928: Nationalists gain control of North and establish new capital at Nanjing.
1949 Mao declares People’s Republic of China.