The Communist leader_____ won China's civil war, and named his country_____?
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Jung sun kim or whatever...and Korea?
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Japan became increasingly militaristic in the 1930's and wanted an empire free from western colonialists known as the "asian co-propersity sphere". China overthrew the last dynasty and was then embroiled in a civil war between the Chinese nationalists led bt Mao Zedong who were more right wing and the Chinese communists led by Chiang Kai Shek.\n\nIn 1931 under false pretexts the Japanese bombed the Manchurian railway lines and accused the chinese of doing it (much like Hitler and the Nazi's setting the reichstag on fire and blaming it on the Communists.), this gave them the excuse to invade Manchuria(North west China)under the pretext of "protecting Japanese property".\n\nJapan subsequently invaded and Blitzed Manchuria without warning. They would setup a pupper goverment and the former Chinese emperor puyi who was overthrown by the nationalist revolution would become its "head of state" and it was renamed to Manchukuo which was in theory independant but in reality under the control of the Japanese.\n\nThis shocked the nationalists as they were fighting a war with the communists and didn't expect this so Chiang Kai Shek tried to negotiate a peace treaty which was extremely unpopular and he would be heavily critisized for selling out under Japanese pressure. Several conflicts would arise between 1931 and 1937 but there was not yet an all out war just a bunch of skirmishes.\n\nPeople were very aware of the threat and that the civil war could threaten China's response to Japanese invasion of greater China. The civil war would brew on that was until 1936.\n\nBy 1936 Chiang Kai Shek's own generals grew discontent and in a plot that would shock China and the world he would be kidnapped by his own generals and be forced to cease the civil war in favour of a united front between nationalists and communists, At first he stubbornly refused but then later would agree. After he had agree he was set free and would adhere to a ceasefire.\n\nBy 1937 the Japanese grew increasingly aware that their plans for expansionism were in jeopordy if they didn't take action so near the Marco polo bridge they started an incident which would cause the Sino-Japanese war and later merged into world war 2.\n\nRead the sources.
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Japan surrendered to us (the US) so of course we had some say in what kind of government would be formed.  \n\nI'm not sure China's history and why they became communist, but look at their neighbor (Russia) ... I'm sure that had something to do with it.
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That is an interesting question....\n\nThe obvious civil war between the communist North and the democratic South. The not so obvious civil war was probably between the Catholics and the Buddhist in South Vietnam. Howver, I think that can be described more as bloody protesting rather than a war.
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The hard question would be to name a communist country that did not invade another country and kill its citizenry.\n\nThat is one of the main tenets of communism.  To have a global revolution to establish a World Communist State.  Therefore, communist nations must invade other countries and insight rebellions abroad.\n\nTo give you a few examples, the USSR invaded all of eastern Europe.  China invaded Tibet and South Korea.  North Korea invaded South Korea; and Cuba invaded the Congo and Bolivia.  North Vietnam invaded South Vietnam.  I could go on all night.\n\nThough, I have to say Tofu Jesus is wrong on a couple of points.  China never invaded Taiwan.  At the end of World War II, there was a civil war in China between the Nationalist Chinese and the Communists.  The Communists won, forcing the Nationalist Chinese to flee to Formosa, modern day Taiwan.  And Russia never invaded Germany at least not when it was a communist country.  Russia, or more accurately, the Soviet Union, was invaded by the Nazis, its subsequent invasion of Germany was defensive.  What was the USSR going to do after beating back the Germans?  Stop at their border and do nothing?  Germany had no plans to make peace with the Soviet Union, they would have just re-invaded.\n\nAt the start of World War I, Russia did invade German territory; however, Russia was not communist at that point.  Moreover, Russia only did so to honor its treaty with Serbia.  When the Austro-Hungarian Empire invaded Serbia this brought Russia to war with Austria Hungary, which brought Germany into war with Russia, since Germany and the Austro-Hungarian Empire also had an alliance.  In fact, World War I is what made Russia communist.
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China (listen ▶ (help·info); Traditional Chinese: 中國; Simplified Chinese: 中国; Hanyu Pinyin: Zhōngguó; Wade-Giles: Chung-kuo) is a geographical region in East Asia. With over one-fifth of the world's population, the majority of China exists today as a communist state, the People's Republic of China, but it also refers to a long-standing civilization comprising successive states and cultures dating back nearly 5,000 years.\n\nWith one of the world's longest periods of mostly uninterrupted civilization and the world's longest continuously used written language system, China's history has been largely characterized by repeated divisions and reunifications amid alternating periods of peace and war, and violent imperial dynastic change. The country's territorial extent expanded outwards from a core area in the North China Plain, and varied according to its moving fortunes to include multiple regions of East, Northeast, and Central Asia. For centuries, Imperial China was also one of the world's most technologically advanced civilizations, and East Asia's dominant cultural influence, with an impact lasting to the present day throughout the region.\n\nBy the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, however, China's political, economic, and military influence declined relative to the growing regional power of Japan and the influence of Western powers. Semi-colonialism developed by the late nineteenth century in parts of China, and the country was invaded by the Empire of Japan during World War II. The imperial system in China ended with the establishment of the Republic of China (ROC) under Sun Yat-sen in 1912; however, the next four decades of ROC rule were marred by warlord control, the Second Sino-Japanese War (WWII), and the Chinese Civil War which pitted Chinese Nationalists against the Communist forces.\n\nAfter its victory in the Chinese Civil War, the Communist Party of China under Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949, forcing the Nationalists to retreat and relocate the ROC government to the island of Taiwan, which it had governed since the end of World War II. Since then, the ROC has maintained administrative control over Taiwan, the Pescadores, several islands off the coast of Fujian province, and some islands in the South China Sea.\n\nHome to one of the world's oldest and most complex civilizations, China boasts a history rich in over 5,000 years of artistic, philosophical, and political advancement. Though regional differences provide a sense of diversity, commonalities in language and religion connect a culture distinguished by such universally significant contributions as Confucianism. Credited with shaping much of Chinese thought, Confucianism was the official philosophy throughout most of Imperial China's history, and mastery of Confucian texts provided the primary criterion for entry into the imperial bureaucracy.\n\nWith the rise of Western economic and military power at the turn of the last century, however, non-Chinese systems of social and political organization gained adherents in China. Some of these would-be reformers totally rejected China's cultural legacy, while others sought to combine the strengths of Chinese and Western cultures. In essence, the history of 20th Century China is one of experimentation to find a new system of social, political, and economic organization that would allow for the reintegration of the nation in the wake of dynastic collapse.\n\nArts\nMain article: Chinese art \nChinese art has varied throughout its ancient history, divided into periods by the ruling dynasties of China and changing technology, as well as influenced by great philosophers, teachers and religion. Early forms of art in China were made from pottery and jade in the Neolithic period, to which was added bronze in the Shang Dynasty. The Shang are most remembered for their bronze casting, noted for its clarity of detail. Earl
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No, I could not tolerate living under a Communist dictatorship.  I appreciate that it has modernized somewhat, but it's still communism.  And as to the Chinese culture, I wonder how much of it is left after the Maoist "cultural revolution."  \n\nEven if I thought I could learn the language (and I don't), I could not live there.
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You mispelled the question...\n\nHu is Chinas President/Ambasador?" \n\n...and the answer is...\n\nYes he is.
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Bush ... thinks he is the ruler of the world\n\nBut I think ... the Chinese will ... in some years ...
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Who lost China?  Implying that the Democrats were soft on Communism.
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Yes, it would be Chaing Kai Shek or Jiang Jieshi. He established the Republic of China or ROC, which is known as Taiwan in 1949 after he was defeated by the Chinese Communist Party led by Mao Zedong. He held the position until his death in 1975.\n\nIf you think about it, Taiwan was really a colony of Japan after China lost the Sino Japanese War in 1895. It wasn't given back to China until Japan was defeated in WW2. So even if Sun Yatsen was considered the first president of China (he really wasn't Yuan Shikai was, because Sun struck a deal with him and promised him the presidency after the fall of the Qing) it wouldn't apply because Taiwan was not part of China in 1911.
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Oh lord, if only there weren't so much competition for that title.  I guess I'll go with Kim Jong Il, "General Secretary of the Party and chairman of the National Defense Commission" aka brutal dictator of North Korea.  He's startlingly inept at governing, causing widespread famine.  Also, he's working on building nukes.  Bad dictator; NO NUKES FOR YOU. <3
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The Chinese Government is ruled by the Communist Party.  The details of the government are included on the attached site.
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Probably one of the most brutal dictators in modern history, surpassing Hitler, and on the level of Stalin.\n\nMao came to power when he defeated nationalist forces in the late 40's. He was a very personable leader, but could not run the country, and his policies became disastrous. \n\nFor example, in the 50's, he forced many people to go work in steel mills. This lead to widespread famine & death. While no official figures are available, estimates put the death toll for this famine between 20 and 30 million.\n\nIn addition, to keep control over the country, in the 60's he created the Cultural Revolution. This revolution, which probably killed around 1-3 million people (again, only estimates), involved primarly teenagers roaming the country, buring schools and generally destroying the main pillars of civilization. Only when the Cultural Revolution factions started to fight each other, and when it appeared that civil war was once again a real possibility, did Mao call in the Chinese Army to put down the revolution & restore civilization.
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Chinese political leader who was twice purged from the Communist Party (1967 and 1976) and twice rehabilitated (1973 and 1977) before gaining supreme power in China. He officially retired as head of state in November 1989.
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The communists were on the winning side .
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I think his strong points were in foreign affairs. Especially in the 70's when Red China was a glaring issue, he did give the country confidence about peace with the communist world.