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The challenge from the West led to the collapse of the Qing Dynasty. The end of the last dynasty did not lead to a westernized world. On the contrary, China was in a chaos of civil wars among
Warlords for decades. It was a key question in Chinese mindset where China should go? A competition took place between the Nationalist Party supported by the United States and the Chinese Communist Party based on Marxist-Leninist ideology. Relying on poor peasants, Mao defeated Chiang and unified China. The following movies will display how these two revolutions, Sun Yet-sen's Nationalist Revolution and Mao's Communist Revolution, happened and changed China's destination.

PPT:
 * Questions ** :
 * Why was Sun Yat-sen determined to overthrow the Qing Dynasty?
 * What are Sun Yat-sen's principles and policies of the Nationalist Revolution?
 * How did Chiang Kai-shek change Sun's principles and policies?
 * Why did the American government support Chiang?
 * How did Mao defeat Chiang supported by the United States?
 * Why did Mao turn to the Soviet Union for support?
 * What were Mao's military strategies which helped Mao won the civil war?
 * Who should be blamed for "loosing China?"
 * Reading: ** Chapters 22 and 25
 * Movie: ** China, a Century of Revolution (1911-1949)