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The big picture

The big picture

Chronological flowchart showing the Xi'an Incident, Sino-Japanese War, Civil War, PRC founding and transition to socialism from 1936 to 1962

This topic makes sense only if you keep the chronology clear. Japanese expansion weakened the GMD, civil war brought Communist victory, and the new PRC then moved from consolidation to radical socialist change.

The emergence of the People's Republic of China, 1936–1962 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The emergence of the People's Republic of China, 1936–1962

Step-by-step lessons on AQA A Level History The emergence of the People's Republic of China, 1936–1962. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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