This is an excellent video of the History of China. I have studied this history a lil bit and I can say that this gives a pretty accurate description of the events, it obviously leaves out quite a few details and more emotional aspects, in order to simplify the video, however it's very well made and like so many of Khan Academy's videos a lot easier to understand than History at school ha ha! :)
Have you heard of Mr. Huang Xing, he's kind of chief military leader of the revolution while Mr Sun is definitely the spiritual father of the republic idea of China, and the initiator and founder of the party called "Tong Meng Hui of China", the party that later transformed int KMT. So in history China credited Mr Sun as the father of the republic China.
I've been struggled to understand Chinese's revolution history cuz the information that I got in the internet and my books were all different hahaha. So this video really helps me a lot, thankyou so much!!!
One huge reason for Communist victory was because right before WW2 ended, the Soviets launched an offensive against Japan and their puppet Manchuko (Manchuria). The result was victorious for SU, and besides taking northern half of Korean peninsula, South Sakhalin and Kuril Islands, Soviets also occupied Manchuria, and soon after WW2 they gave it to the Chinese communist. This gave CCP a huge boost, since Manchuria was rich with Japanese industry, weapons, and plus additional man power.
come on, all the biggest cities in northeastern china, which is so called machuria, were handed over to KMT ( including three provinces' capital cities, btw there are only three provinces), it is chinese people who choosed and suppoted communist party to win.
its interesting to hear the western version of recent china history. we got different versions here, both from the nationalist and communist, both are kind of bias to some extend.
Thank you for the excellent description and explanation. It is amazing what a good teacher can do with a map, a timeline, and five pictures of key historical figures.
I know the sciences and math are more practical things to teach, but to see another full fledged history lesson from you would be awe-some. AWESOME. :D
Great Vid! You just forgot to mention some stuff. Firstly, Sun Yat-sen was not the first president of the Republic of China, he was a provisional president, someone who is in control during periods of transition. The 1st President was Yuan Shih-kai in 1912. Also, you can also mention specifics, such as Britain controlling the Tibetan Region which was West of China, Japan controlling certain key ports in the East and South and Russian forces in Mongolia often found themselves trying to control Manchuria. Also, it's crucial to mention the Revive China Society (1894-1895) and the Tongmenhui (Revolutionary Alliance in 1905) that Sun formed and attempted to overthrow the Manchu (Qing) Government in 1895. He fled to Europe and USA and experienced Western values. He returned in 1911 to establish the KMT with the purpose of westernising China. He then fled to Japan in 1913, after Sung Chiao-jen was assassinated by Yuan Shih-kai after suggesting that the President receives less power. Yuan made himself military dictator, banned the KMT in 1913 and the Chinese Parliament in 1914. Meanwhile, Sun encouraged rebellions from Japan, but Yuan put them down easily as he had full support from the Army. Emperor Pu Yi, who abdicated in 1912 after he was convinced by Yuan (by the way, at the time Pu Yi was like 3 years old), tried to re-gain control in 1917, but it didn't work. Sun returned to China the same year and created the KMT based on the 1912 constitution. He was allowed to as Yuan died in 1916, so the ban was lifted. This resulted in the KMT growing in the South in Canton. The May 4th Movement performed by the working class and students also helped shape the KMT and CCP (Chinese Communist Party established in 1921) as it promoted reforms and eradication of Confucian ideas. The CCP and KMT joined forces in 1923, known as the First United Front, which was part of the concept of the Comintern (Communist International), as the Soviets saw the want for change in China as an opportunity to spread the ideology in Asia. This was advantageous to both sides, as the CCP lacked the popularity, which the KMT had, and the KMT received organizational and financial help from Soviet Russia. Negotiations ended between Sun and Adolf Joffe (Russian Diplomat) in 1923 and the alliance was formed. The government controlled the Southern region of China (those who weren't under warlords) and eventually began military training in an academy in Whampoa, under Chiang Kai-shek, to defend attacks from warlords and expand. The KMT was very popular in Kwangtung also, mainly due to the nationalism, freedom from foreigners, Sun's 3 Principles of the People (which intellectuals and students agreed with), protection vs warlords and foreigners and lastly, the CCP aspect helped broaden the popularity as factory workers agreed with the socioeconomic reforms. So, in 1925, Sun dies, and suddenly (and naturally), there is a fight for power. Chiang Kai-shek believes he is the obvious candidate and immediately orders the KMT members to remove CCP members holding key positions within the government. This was known as the Canton Purge of 1926 (in January). However, the 3 Principles of Sun weren't complete as most of the support was from Kwangtung and the country was not unified. Therefore, as early as 1922, the KMT began preparing for the 1926 Northern Expedition. With the aid of the Soviets, the defeated 2 warlords by the end of 1926 and they occupied all regions South of the Yangtze River. This was due to 4 years of preparations, Soviet aid, modern weapons from USA and Germany, training with the NRA and 250 000 citizens, tired of the warlords, joined the NRA. Although everything seemed fine, in 1927 people were divided on who should lead the party, Chiang or Wang Ching-wei. Chiang was more traditional than Wang and Sun, he believed that preserving the traditions was better than westernising. Wang, however, agreed with Sun and believed reforms were the only way. Therefore, due to many disagreements, 2 KMT parties were set up, one in Wuhan (led by Wang) and the other in Nanchang led by Chiang. By the end of 1927, the KMT took control of Hankow, Shanghai and Nanking. In 1928, Peking even fell to the KMT and this CAN be seen as the emergence of a New China in a way. Hope this short explanation gives you all an idea.
Sir, the 1840-1842 Opium War launched by the British was beginning of the 100-year of humiliation, this is indeed worth mentioning if one wants to understand China.
And speaking of Japan occupied Manchuria. The occupied Manchuria, became the Japanese Puppet State of “Manchuko”. And what’s interesting is that Manchuko is led by an emperor name Puyi, which you remember is the last emperor of China.
hahaha i laughed when you said that if you start learning chinese history, its goddamn confusing, because it couldnt be more true. my head has been bursting the last two days, because i have so much information from books and internet and each of them is complitely different from the other! thank you thank you thank you for this video!
Thank you for creating this video. There are too many people in the world uneducated on this subject. However, the government wasn't established in Taiwan, it had already existed before the retreat to Taiwan.
Excellent.Please do more videos about twentieth-century history ,especially focusing on what are now called emerging countries like Brazil,South Africa ,China, India etc.
Thank You! I knew nothing about China Pre 1949 ! I knew a little about 1950-1980 China.I know little about China today except it is a country that cannot or should not be ignored. i am most grateful for your patience towards my ignorance. Pls visit me again khanacademy ! .
As a Taiwanese American I can give you this tip: Don't preach independence, and don't promote "re-unification". Stay middle of the road: status quo is a safer (for Taiwan's own future as well), moderate approach generally accepted (at least not vehemently opposed) by all parties. Most Taiwanese are moderate. However, in southern Taiwan, independence movement is more popular, but not necessarily universal. Questions?
Grateful for the past that created where we are now. I was born in1949 in Hong Kong I am fortunate to have very good history teachers, from school. It was quiet confusing at that time. Thank you for explaining this so well.
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I want to learn more about Chinese history, and it's hard to find interesting but simple material online, as an English-speaking Chinese. This was super well-explained, and the visual aids helped a lot, thank you!
This partially explains that China-Taiwan issue is really an internal issue that the outsiders really should avoid getting involved unless it threatens the safety of other countries.
not really, because taiwan controls 80% of the world's manufacturing capacity to create microprocessing chips, necessary in all aspects of modern life.
The Chinese Communist Party knew how to use the potential of rural population, the bigger sector. KMT had more money and controlled the economical regions like Shangai but they never had real control in the inland, the rural areas, where the influence of Chinese Communists was evident (more focusing in the rural than russian communists) and supposed a big human capital, essential and the key under a good leadership for win the war.
Not really, It was The Kuomintang (KMT) party that founded the ROC and later retreated into Taiwan, establishing govt administration there. But nowadays Taiwan is under the control of the DPP which was founded in recent decades...(1986).
I think the voice-over narration style and production techniques speaks far more of group intention and orientation than any topic or subject cared to be broached here.So much for the age of populism and collective participation. European Imperialist painters perfected the art of capturing their royal patrons peering from high horses, always downwards on to their subjects. Newer developments have occurred since then, like global mass media organizations, very much like investment banks of recent times also, applying similar techniques to line their own pockets. instead of serving any larger ends
It seems so easy when we listen to the history but if we try to look a little deeper so many people lost their lives during all these period... They believed faith makes great nation
Those were very dark and desperate times for Chinese people. They literally had nothing to hold on to. There were no "humanitarian nations" to help them, surrounded them were the Western nations and the Japanese next door who wanted nothing but to exploit and rob their nation dry.
Excellent primer.. Is there any chance of explaining the politics of Taiwan.. It seems like a minefield of complexities. I'm moving there soon and I don't want to tread on peoples sensibilities. Many thanks.
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The History of China is very interesting, an interesting question is what if the Manchu Restoration had succseeded? would China be a Monarchy again? would they have support from Japan?
There are several reasons that the chinese communist party defeated kmt in 1949. 1.The kmt didn't defeat the communist in 1935, leaving about 8000 people of the chinese communist alive 2.While the invasion of japan against china took place in 1937,the Kmt knew that japan was a lot stronger than china so they retreated towards the centre of china,leaving the civilian behind,causing millions of people killed by japanese. That made people angry and discontented about the moves that the kmt has made
I believe Chiang was also kidnapped by his generals in 1936 and forced to sign a ceasefire with Mao to form a united force against the Japanese, which would prove useful as less than a year later in 1937 a full-blown war broke out.
Taiwan was neglected during the World War. When the Japanese had invaded the area, there was little or no support from the Chinese government, as they too had things on their hands. Since, they live and feel like a different country with different culture.
timeline + map + faces. a great combo for understanding and memorizing
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This is an excellent video of the History of China. I have studied this history a lil bit and I can say that this gives a pretty accurate description of the events, it obviously leaves out quite a few details and more emotional aspects, in order to simplify the video, however it's very well made and like so many of Khan Academy's videos a lot easier to understand than History at school ha ha! :)
This helped me a lot. Thank you so much. This is easy to understand and isnt confusing or overly complex
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@@NazriB what do you mean? lies? you saying that you know the truth? what's the truth that you know?
"So, Mr. Sun, tell me about how you got in power."
"Well the weather in Denver was really great that afternoon..."
Have you heard of Mr. Huang Xing, he's kind of chief military leader of the revolution while Mr Sun is definitely the spiritual father of the republic idea of China, and the initiator and founder of the party called "Tong Meng Hui of China", the party that later transformed int KMT. So in history China credited Mr Sun as the father of the republic China.
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I was shook because I live there
Lol
This was so helpful - it is so hard to find material that helps you get started with Chinese history.
I've been struggled to understand Chinese's revolution history cuz the information that I got in the internet and my books were all different hahaha. So this video really helps me a lot, thankyou so much!!!
This khan guy knows everything about everything it will be nice if u tell us a bit about your self
Khanacademy teaching about chinese history?? *Salute*
One huge reason for Communist victory was because right before WW2 ended, the Soviets launched an offensive against Japan and their puppet Manchuko (Manchuria). The result was victorious for SU, and besides taking northern half of Korean peninsula, South Sakhalin and Kuril Islands, Soviets also occupied Manchuria, and soon after WW2 they gave it to the Chinese communist. This gave CCP a huge boost, since Manchuria was rich with Japanese industry, weapons, and plus additional man power.
In fact after the WW2, the Soviet union supported KMT more and signed a deal with ROC and not allowed CCP troops tookover big citys in Manchuria.
USSR not SU
come on, all the biggest cities in northeastern china, which is so called machuria, were handed over to KMT ( including three provinces' capital cities, btw there are only three provinces), it is chinese people who choosed and suppoted communist party to win.
@Soldat a/s it’s the CHINESE Communist Party and shall never be the party OF China.
@@sampuatisamuel9785 its the same
As a Chinese, I must say you did a good job.
its interesting to hear the western version of recent china history.
we got different versions here, both from the nationalist and communist, both are kind of bias to some extend.
Please provide the link for nationalist and communist version. Thanks.
You didn't get yet!
It would be really nice if you shared these stories
Agree! That's why I felt excited to see Khan academy
Yeah that sounds like it would be interesting to hear. I wonder how western history is taught in china
My goodness, you helped through math, statistics, and psychology and here you are again making me understand my geopolitical class. 🙏🏼🙏🏼😭thank you.
Great overview. From here on I can dive deeper in certain events.
Good video, very unbiased and honest.
SuperZFunkey Consequently slightly vague, but still pretty good :~)
Thank you for the excellent description and explanation. It is amazing what a good teacher can do with a map, a timeline, and five pictures of key historical figures.
I’m not learning this in school I just love history
Thanks so much this covers exactly what I need to study at school
I know the sciences and math are more practical things to teach, but to see another full fledged history lesson from you would be awe-some. AWESOME. :D
Great Vid! You just forgot to mention some stuff. Firstly, Sun Yat-sen was not the first president of the Republic of China, he was a provisional president, someone who is in control during periods of transition. The 1st President was Yuan Shih-kai in 1912. Also, you can also mention specifics, such as Britain controlling the Tibetan Region which was West of China, Japan controlling certain key ports in the East and South and Russian forces in Mongolia often found themselves trying to control Manchuria. Also, it's crucial to mention the Revive China Society (1894-1895) and the Tongmenhui (Revolutionary Alliance in 1905) that Sun formed and attempted to overthrow the Manchu (Qing) Government in 1895. He fled to Europe and USA and experienced Western values. He returned in 1911 to establish the KMT with the purpose of westernising China. He then fled to Japan in 1913, after Sung Chiao-jen was assassinated by Yuan Shih-kai after suggesting that the President receives less power. Yuan made himself military dictator, banned the KMT in 1913 and the Chinese Parliament in 1914. Meanwhile, Sun encouraged rebellions from Japan, but Yuan put them down easily as he had full support from the Army. Emperor Pu Yi, who abdicated in 1912 after he was convinced by Yuan (by the way, at the time Pu Yi was like 3 years old), tried to re-gain control in 1917, but it didn't work. Sun returned to China the same year and created the KMT based on the 1912 constitution. He was allowed to as Yuan died in 1916, so the ban was lifted. This resulted in the KMT growing in the South in Canton. The May 4th Movement performed by the working class and students also helped shape the KMT and CCP (Chinese Communist Party established in 1921) as it promoted reforms and eradication of Confucian ideas. The CCP and KMT joined forces in 1923, known as the First United Front, which was part of the concept of the Comintern (Communist International), as the Soviets saw the want for change in China as an opportunity to spread the ideology in Asia. This was advantageous to both sides, as the CCP lacked the popularity, which the KMT had, and the KMT received organizational and financial help from Soviet Russia. Negotiations ended between Sun and Adolf Joffe (Russian Diplomat) in 1923 and the alliance was formed. The government controlled the Southern region of China (those who weren't under warlords) and eventually began military training in an academy in Whampoa, under Chiang Kai-shek, to defend attacks from warlords and expand. The KMT was very popular in Kwangtung also, mainly due to the nationalism, freedom from foreigners, Sun's 3 Principles of the People (which intellectuals and students agreed with), protection vs warlords and foreigners and lastly, the CCP aspect helped broaden the popularity as factory workers agreed with the socioeconomic reforms. So, in 1925, Sun dies, and suddenly (and naturally), there is a fight for power. Chiang Kai-shek believes he is the obvious candidate and immediately orders the KMT members to remove CCP members holding key positions within the government. This was known as the Canton Purge of 1926 (in January). However, the 3 Principles of Sun weren't complete as most of the support was from Kwangtung and the country was not unified. Therefore, as early as 1922, the KMT began preparing for the 1926 Northern Expedition. With the aid of the Soviets, the defeated 2 warlords by the end of 1926 and they occupied all regions South of the Yangtze River. This was due to 4 years of preparations, Soviet aid, modern weapons from USA and Germany, training with the NRA and 250 000 citizens, tired of the warlords, joined the NRA. Although everything seemed fine, in 1927 people were divided on who should lead the party, Chiang or Wang Ching-wei. Chiang was more traditional than Wang and Sun, he believed that preserving the traditions was better than westernising. Wang, however, agreed with Sun and believed reforms were the only way. Therefore, due to many disagreements, 2 KMT parties were set up, one in Wuhan (led by Wang) and the other in Nanchang led by Chiang. By the end of 1927, the KMT took control of Hankow, Shanghai and Nanking. In 1928, Peking even fell to the KMT and this CAN be seen as the emergence of a New China in a way. Hope this short explanation gives you all an idea.
this was so helpful thank you
Have a presentation this morning and this has saved a life😂😂
hey man good job with this video !!
Yes man, back on the history! :D
California schools definitely need teaches like Mr. Khan, or at least include these videos in the curriculum.
Sir, the 1840-1842 Opium War launched by the British was beginning of the 100-year of humiliation, this is indeed worth mentioning if one wants to understand China.
Thanks for commentint this! I wont be wasting my time in this video.
That's a separate video. Boxer Rebellion and so many things. You want it all in one video, huh? Well, then, it would have a different title
omg thank u!!!!! final is in less than an hour haha
How did it go? After 7 years maybe you don't even remember ahah
@@angelorinaldi9775 oh wow, yes this was during my uni days! From what I remember, definitely a challenging course ha!
Very interesting, a well done summary.
I thought this is an engineering channel... I didn't expect that. But the voice is as sexy as the one in the differential equation episodes.
And speaking of Japan occupied Manchuria. The occupied Manchuria, became the Japanese Puppet State of “Manchuko”. And what’s interesting is that Manchuko is led by an emperor name Puyi, which you remember is the last emperor of China.
Thanks for the history lesson! 👏🏻
amazing, sal thanks
Great video, thank you!
Do some videos on Korean history!! It's extremely interesting.
An overview of Chinese history from 1911-1949 in 10 minutes. Impressive.
thanks for doing this, I didn't know about the Warlord Era
Quite an amazing story.
Clear and useful information. Thank you
hahaha i laughed when you said that if you start learning chinese history, its goddamn confusing, because it couldnt be more true. my head has been bursting the last two days, because i have so much information from books and internet and each of them is complitely different from the other! thank you thank you thank you for this video!
great video and clearly explained, thx man
Thank you for creating this video. There are too many people in the world uneducated on this subject. However, the government wasn't established in Taiwan, it had already existed before the retreat to Taiwan.
This was a GOOD 1!
Excellent.Please do more videos about twentieth-century history ,especially focusing on what are now called emerging countries like Brazil,South Africa ,China, India etc.
thanks! great vid
what kind of program do you use to make these videos?
May I know y did u wrote KmT and CPC above
Awesome video.very very good.
Excellent!
Love this, please do more
well done!
Thank You! I knew nothing about China Pre 1949 ! I knew a little about 1950-1980 China.I know little about China today except it is a country that cannot or should not be ignored. i am most grateful for your patience towards my ignorance. Pls visit me again khanacademy ! .
awesome, thank you!!
Yes the Chinese Revolution is so freaking confusing. Thank you for clarifying. Man if you were only in front of me, I'd buy you a beer! Thanks dude.
Keep doing these videos please
Keep doing this great history lesson.
please explain briefly opium war too...
That was before 1911.
As a Taiwanese American I can give you this tip: Don't preach independence, and don't promote "re-unification". Stay middle of the road: status quo is a safer (for Taiwan's own future as well), moderate approach generally accepted (at least not vehemently opposed) by all parties. Most Taiwanese are moderate. However, in southern Taiwan, independence movement is more popular, but not necessarily universal. Questions?
可是能撐多久
Kinmen and Matsu will end up like Crimea.
And seems like Taiwan's future is about to be decided in the next year or two.
Grateful for the past that created where we are now. I was born in1949 in Hong Kong I am fortunate to have very good history teachers, from school. It was quiet confusing at that time. Thank you for explaining this so well.
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I want to learn more about Chinese history, and it's hard to find interesting but simple material online, as an English-speaking Chinese. This was super well-explained, and the visual aids helped a lot, thank you!
Your lectures are SIGNIFICANTLY better than the Google Classroom lectures Sal! I love your style but absolutely hate theirs.
As a Chinese I must say this video is really good.
Thanks, I will ace my AP Chinese History exam!
This partially explains that China-Taiwan issue is really an internal issue that the outsiders really should avoid getting involved unless it threatens the safety of other countries.
CCP is equal to North Korea and North VietNam,it's a fake communism foreign state power.
not really, because taiwan controls 80% of the world's manufacturing capacity to create microprocessing chips, necessary in all aspects of modern life.
Thanks sir, you are an outright legend !
Wasn't "Emperor" Puyi only five years old at the time? Who was really in charge? Was it Empress Dowager Cixi?
Cixi was dead already. Empress Dowager Longyu was de jure in charge and Yuan Shikai was de facto in charge.
Thank you so much!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH
You pronounced "Qing" correct this time.
I'm impressed.
Thanks alot, it helped me alot
Great Work.
Very interesting
u should get in more details between civil war and end of japan imperialism!
very interesting thanks
thank gosh this exists
You did not mention about the Sun sisters with Chiang Kai Shek.
I am a native of China, and I am proud of the history of my country.
great overview.....
SO HELPFUL THANK YOU
Soviet Union gave a lot more supports to the CCP compared to the USA to Kuomingtang
pretty clear time schedule.
The Chinese Communist Party knew how to use the potential of rural population, the bigger sector.
KMT had more money and controlled the economical regions like Shangai but they never had real control in the inland, the rural areas, where the influence of Chinese Communists was evident (more focusing in the rural than russian communists) and supposed a big human capital, essential and the key under a good leadership for win the war.
This is how history should be taught.
Next, you can talk about Deng Xiao Ping and his market reforms.
Great !
Good job
If Khan did a video about Chinese and Taiwanese history post 1949, he'll be so busy deleting comments that he won't have time for another video. Haha.
How do you know everything??
Thank you
sooo how bout the May Fourth Movement in 1919
i have a question, was the government under sun yat sen after the xinhai revolution in 1912 the same government under taiwan today?
Not really, It was The Kuomintang (KMT) party that founded the ROC and later retreated into Taiwan, establishing govt administration there. But nowadays Taiwan is under the control of the DPP which was founded in recent decades...(1986).
I think the voice-over narration style and production techniques speaks far more of group intention and orientation than any topic or subject cared to be broached here.So much for the age of populism and collective participation. European Imperialist painters perfected the art of capturing their royal patrons peering from high horses, always downwards on to their subjects. Newer developments have occurred since then, like global mass media organizations, very much like investment banks of recent times also, applying similar techniques to line their own pockets. instead of serving any larger ends
It seems so easy when we listen to the history but if we try to look a little deeper so many people lost their lives during all these period... They believed faith makes great nation
Those were very dark and desperate times for Chinese people. They literally had nothing to hold on to. There were no "humanitarian nations" to help them, surrounded them were the Western nations and the Japanese next door who wanted nothing but to exploit and rob their nation dry.
Well made Overview! But pretty basic.
Actually that could be the final video about Chinese history as there are important elements such as the cultural revolution etc.
Excellent primer.. Is there any chance of explaining the politics of Taiwan.. It seems like a minefield of complexities. I'm moving there soon and I don't want to tread on peoples sensibilities. Many thanks.
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AWESOME
Me watching this 1 Hour before my year 12 revolution exam
The History of China is very interesting, an interesting question is what if the Manchu Restoration had succseeded? would China be a Monarchy again? would they have support from Japan?
There are several reasons that the chinese communist party defeated kmt in 1949.
1.The kmt didn't defeat the communist in 1935, leaving about 8000 people of the chinese communist alive
2.While the invasion of japan against china took place in 1937,the Kmt knew that japan was a lot stronger than china so they retreated towards the centre of china,leaving the civilian behind,causing millions of people killed by japanese. That made people angry and discontented about the moves that the kmt has made
I believe Chiang was also kidnapped by his generals in 1936 and forced to sign a ceasefire with Mao to form a united force against the Japanese, which would prove useful as less than a year later in 1937 a full-blown war broke out.
Taiwan was neglected during the World War. When the Japanese had invaded the area, there was little or no support from the Chinese government, as they too had things on their hands. Since, they live and feel like a different country with different culture.