How Did China Become Communism

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China became communist since Sun Zhongshan announced his three principles of the people, which were: nationality, livelihood, and rights. (Craig p.788) These principle basically advocated for a democracy of the Chinese people however, Zhongshan believed that a democracy there could only be a one-party dictatorship so he believed all citizens were equal and below the government, thus, China became communist. (Craig p.788) Communism was a popular philosophy since it was influential in student organizations, labor unions, and within Guomindang (GMD). (Craig p.788-789) Organizations like those can help influence governments since tons of citizens are in those, thus, more votes could equal that certain type of government or they may have power to put pressure in it depending on the organization type since most are probably political which is government related. The Chinese wanted to free China from Japanese control since they took over the northern part known as Manchuria, so China would be independent and not controlled by their enemy Japan. (Craig p.791) …show more content…

(Sergi Notes) One last cause was other European nations were taking over other nations as an expression of imperialism, thus, wars resulted so one nation could become unified or separated. (Sergi Notes) One rule, imperialism played was it showed who had higher power or more valuable resources since those nations that did conquered more land. (Sergi

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