In 1927 the life of LS and her husband
in Beijing became untenable owing to growing political conflicts between communist forces and an alliance of warlords and imperialists, along with the growing power of Chiang Kai-shek
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Edith Lyttelton
EL
's interest in women's issues is evident in her account of her visit to China, where she met with President Chiang Kai-shek
and his wife. At this meeting, EL
says that she made up...
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12 March 1925: Chinese ruler Sun Yat-sen, author of the...
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12 March 1925
Chinese ruler Sun Yat-sen
, author of the Chinese revolution of 1912 and father of the republic, died unexpectedly, unleashing a wave of popular protest (which had foreign influence as one of its prime targets)...
1938: China suffered famine after Chiang Kai-shek,...
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1938
China suffered famine after Chiang Kai-shek
, in order to impede the advance of the Japanese invaders, opened dikes and changed the course of the Yellow River. Millions died.
Scott, James C. “Tyranny of the Ladle”. London Review of Books, Vol.
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21 September 1949: Mao Zedong (or Mao Tse-tung), having prevailed...
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21 September 1949
Mao Zedong
(or Mao Tse-tung), having prevailed in China's bitter civil war between Communists and nationalists, convened and spoke before a Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. The Chinese People's Republic was only ten days...
