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 The Chinese Civil War / Revolutionary War
(April 1927 to May 1950 )

• Began in 1927, after the Northern Expedition (1926–1927)

• represented an ideology split between the Western-supported Nationalist KMT, and
the Soviet-supported Communist CPC.
• Belligerents: Nationalist Party of China / 1949: Republic of China (Chiang Kai-Shek)
Communist Party of China / 1949: People’s Republic of China (Mao
Zedong)

• Northern Expedition (1926-28) / The KMT & CPC split

April 12 Incident / The Shanghai Massacre
• CPC and KMT and the Long March (1927-37)
Ten Year’s Civil War
Encirclement Campaigns

• Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-45)

• Immediate post-war clashes
• Post-war power struggle (1946–1947)
• Fighting on mainland China (1946–1950)
•
Relationship between the two sides since 1950
 Result : Communist Victory

Territorial Changes:
• People’s Republic of China established
control over Mainland China including the
Hainan Island.
• Republic of China de facto sovereignty
reduced to Taiwan, Pescadores, Kinmen
and Matsu.