1. Presidency of Yuan Shikai, 21 Demands 1915
  2. New Culture Movement
  3. Warlordism
  4. May Fourth Movement
  5. Founding of the Chinese Communist Party 1921
  6. Re-organisation of the Guomindang
  7. First United Front 1924-7
  8. Chiang Kaishek and the Northern Expedition
  9. Nanjing Decade of the Nationalist Government
  10. Mao: Jiangxi Soviet, Long March, Yan’an communist base
  11. Xi'an incident 1936
  12. Second United Front against the Japanese 1936-1945
  13. Japanese Occupation & Nanjing Massacre
  14. Chinese Civil War 1946-1949
  15. Reasons for the CCP victory in 1949