I wanted to issue a very late apology for the opening gag in this video. The cheap edginess of my 16 year old self accompanied with naïve beliefs that my jokes were evidently "ironic" and would not reinforce already normalised harmful stereotypes has long overshadowed the content of this video. Thankfully these days UA-cam allows creators to posthumously edit videos, so with modern science I can extract some of my missteps. I can not however improve my old editing or voice over though, those will always suck.
I took a Chinese History class last year, and I'm pretty sure you went into detail in places where my professor didn't and did so in a total of fifteen minutes. A+
I mean in fairness as an American thats about as early as you need to go and still stay relevent. The huuuuge majority of Chinese history before the civil war of the 20th century is completely irrelevant to every one in the west besides the UK
As a Chinese and Chinese modern history learner myself, I endorse the quality of this video. The rich amount and unbiased credit of information are really rare on UA-cam.
Calvin The Honourable Sir So you mean Chinese? Weird that u would use ur state in China that ur from as Ur identity.... Especially when talking to intentional audience lol. Like I’m an Iraqi who’s family was apart of Saddam Hussein Baathist government and if I told Americans I was anbari instead iraqi would be weird
@@johnnyw6467 Damn, you telling me a mass famine occurred in one of the world's biggest and most agriculturally rich country, that managed to sustain itself for millennia before the communist took over, and had more than enough farmland to sustain itself in the modern world, had a famine because the U.S. won't give it a few bushels of wheat? Damn that's crazy
not exactly well，in before，they（soldiers）just for something to eat，but later especially when CPC come here，they find their will，I mean communism，liberation China，help other peoples，so with powerful energy to fighting，my forefather just a example
"Kuomintang" or "Guomindang" Literally means "Nationalist Party,' and the Communist equivalent was "Gongchandang," so you could have also said "The nationalist... nationalist party and the communist... communist party"
In my history course they're referred to as the Kuomintang and the Communist parties respectively, so I think those are what everybody knows them as. Besides it's a bit of a joke on the fact that people know the KMT for its actual chinese name but only know the Communist party for its english name On another note, I have been wondering about the communist party's actual name in Chinese, so it's Gongchangdang, good to know :D
I've had a few games were I changed to social democracy and had good success because it gives you the best economy i think. my communist china beat soviet union in one game :D and of course all my neighbors.
@@davidleeadams168 You have to consider that it's still a video, it has an educational purpose buy it's not a proper full documentary, it has to have entertainment features as well and.. of course it has not the same duration of a documentary
@@jumolangma8557 Actually later on Zhang went on Self-Exile , despite what Chang did to him he is surprisingly loyal to the KMT Party. Despite years passed, invitations by relatives to return back to the mainland were denied. Even after Mao died and China reformed, he still refused to return home.
@@bosunbill9059 Yes Zhang died in Hawaii and never returned to visit the mainland, but don't forget the fact that right after he left Taiwan, there was the "Chiang Nan assassination," in which Chiang Kai-shek's son the new President Chiang Ching-kuo ordered the murder of writer Chiang Nan in San Francisco, who was a US citizen of Taiwan origin, for writing a not very flattering biography of the Chiang Jr.
I'm a Chinese student study in America, I asked my east civilization class professor about the Long March, and he has no ideas about what it is when he was teaching the chapter about the history of China.
Then he lose the war with his 6 millions army which are 3 times of Chairman Mao's, also with the high tech weapon from west, what an idiot, can't choose that pig head to lead us.
Chang beat all enemies in China except Japan before WWII. If Mao was better than Chang in military, why didn't Mao beat all local warlords and united China? Japan beat China since 1895, and then Japan kept developing in the next 50 years while China suffered multiple civil wars in decades -- The difference between Japan and China was increasing in those 50 years and now you laugh at Chang Kei-shek for losing battles against Japan? Are you really such ill-educated? Chang lost his army to Japan more than Mao did because Mao did nothing but guerrilla, which couldn't stop Japan's invasion. Chang failed to stop Japan too but at least he tried and paid the price, while Mao was focus on expanding and licking Stalin's dick.
This account is no longer used Nobody knows why but the time is near from he been protest by basically everyone(warlords, news, people) and he just died later.
@Alex Yeah, surely he cant take everything away, but many high value items in Beijing was taken away, such as many object from the forbidden city. But at least they are in museum in taiwan.
Honestly speaking, this video is basically correct. There is a small mistake, though. The two generals who coerced Chiang to cooperate with CCP were not killed immediately after this event. One of them sent Chiang back to Nanjing and was later under house arrest until 1979. The other was killed in 1949. @@jinvonastrea1141
In his own words, it was "mobilizing the people" in China at that time, there were no peasants but only sharecroppers. Mao believed that the sharecroppers were the most powerful class in China, but because of their low status, no one cared... As long as you have the support of the sharecroppers, you can win. So he led the Red Army and the Communists to support the resistance of the sharecroppers and overthrow the landlords... Success gained support and support, and thus won. It is worth mentioning that this may not only be a political tactic, but also a real tendency of his own. When he was a nobody before the Long March, he was very popular with the local sharecroppers and workers.
As a Chinese studied in MIZZOU for three years, and also a history lover, I have to say this video cover 90% of what I learned in Chinese history textbook and also what I knew beyond the Chinese firewall. Fantastic job! Especially after the slightly incorrect pictures used in the Opium War episode LOL. Need to get some time to finish watching all your works! Thank you bro!
according to some sources, his own son fed him false information on public sentiment and told him everyone wanted him to be the new emperor, just so he can be crown prince and get the title handed to him later on. Yuan shikai didn't know people weren't down with another monarchy until he had already declared it.
@@jimi5014 the source is from Yuan Shikai's daughter's memoir "My Father Yuan Shi Kai". While the validity of it is in question, it is still a primary source to consider. It was said that Yuan Shikai's eldest son was bringing him doctored versions of the "Shuntian Times" newspaper that skewed his perspective. Again, this is still a disputed source, but a source nonetheless
And that genius tactical layout is still the main military doctrine why the latter-maoist era revolutionary groups in other countries, especially in the third world, still thrives up to this day----even without international support.
Fuzzy Dunlop ... the UK is like that guy who holds the beers, watches, and laughs as his drunk buddy embarrasses himself by losing fights to rice farmers, or farmers of any type really.
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I am full aware of happenings such as the unfortunately aptly-named "Forgotten Army" (though if I'm not mistaken it heavily consisted of colonial troops from places like East Africa. Still 'subjects' I suppose, and not to detract from the sacrifice of the denizens of the Isles themselves who'd served.) I was referring more to the "Mediterranean tour" the yanks co-headlined with them during the war and then the times after the war they've felt carte blanche to poke their heavily-armed heads into the doorway of many a regional conflict.
太精彩了！In all of UA-cam, I struggle to find a channel as well-animated, nuanced and concise in its presentation of historical events as this one. Well done!
@@rkie0304 it's funny because KMT nowadays is the party who likes the one China prínciple, but the DPP is DAMN antichinese so the only way China and Taiwan can see eye to eye again and reunite is by the KMT winning the rule of the island
@@mrhomer4501 I disagree. It does have its partial clear and new point of view from a non-Chinese, but everybody has his/her unclear part of knowledge. For example, most non-Chinese can't tell much about Chinese culture or circumstance related to the Chinese history.
@@rangergxi That process is called 训政, the titulary period. Sun believes even the Qing Dynasty was overthrown by a new democratic government. Citizens and local bureaucrats doesn't have democratic thinking thus made the lately found democratic government vulnerable. So he believe Republic of China should firstly tought his people the thinking of republic and democracy, then we cound entra a new era of democracy. It should last only for 2 years but the Japanese invasion together with Chiang's obsession of power ruined all effort. Republic of China finally had a presidental electron in 1996, that's 84 years late.
@@张佑杰 He said that but was ousted from power. It is very likely that he would have maintained a right wing dictatorship for decades. You learn democracy by practicing it, not through dictatorship.
@@张佑杰 What are you talking about,训政 officially ended in 1946 when the constitution was adopted, first elections were in 1947. Certain articles of the constitution had to be suspended in 1948 because the Civil War effort was collapsing. There were still elections however after 1949, the local elections were completely free and implemented across Taiwan started in 1950. The first Mayors of Taipei and Tainan were all independents. At the time the President was elected by the National Assembly which was elected by the people, but the loss of Mainland meant new elections for their delegates could not be held so the original delegates held their positions. The delegates representing Taiwan and Kinmen however continued to be reelected every 6 years. And lol, theres no way 2 years is enough to 'reeducate' the populace, please read Suns 建国大纲。Not to mention, there was still rebellions from various warlords other conflicts after the Northern Expedition.
The most accurate, comprehensive, informative and objective introduction of modern Chinese history I have ever seen! Good job! Well done! I wish to give 1000 ups if I can.
You've definitely earned a new subscriber with me. I love the depths of information you present, and your focus on the background and context of the time and place definitely places you separate from other historic feature channels, keep it going. Since you've already long begun a theme of communist revolutions, I'd ask if you can do the one in Yugoslavia, which itself is related to the Russian civil war and revolution, as Tito was part of the October Revolution as a soldier. Once, again, cheers and great work.
It’s amazing that my own grandparents were there to witness the creation of their nation. It’s equally amazing that Mao lived long enough that my parents lived during his time.
@@AlexandriaTheSecond Thanks for coming to a completely incorrect conclusion and also commenting on a 4 year old comment. I am, from the point of my birth, a proud American.
I visited Sun's mausoleum, I was a kid, and honestly telling a kid to go up all those steps to see a dead man was.... infuriating to me, but not to my touristy family. After years of learning about what he did and why he did it, I am now in full respect to the man.
Commenting to push it up can help though, because you need multiple reports for it to get took down. If you comment, it gets pushed further to the top, letting more people see it, and report it. Also they can act as a warning mechanism too.
My father fought the CCP in Manchuria, and retreated to Taiwan. I didn't understand what led him there until I saw this video. Thank you so much. Every Chinese person in China and abroad should watch this to learn what our parents and grand parents lived through.
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That's a lie, Manchuria was a Japanese puppet for years, and after WW2 the soviets ceded Manchuria to the the CPC.
@ When the CCP made sure anyone who do not support them are either in jail or disappeared, the rest of the population have no choice but say they support CCP.
What's it like to know that you came from the groins of a coward who would not defend it's own people from one of the most atrocious invasions and holocaust in modern history?
@@StuninRub Proud.. My father defended Kinmen, killed numerous commies and kept the 23 Million people of Taiwan free from and separate from Communist Totalitarians Dictatorship.
This taught more Chinese history Can learn from school in Taiwan, InHong Kong as well Absolutely loved your content man! Please make more of these Love from Formosa ( Taiwan )
As an American, I can put the bias aside, and just appreciate the story of Mao up till forming the People's Republic of China. It's so easy to see why the Chinese people loved him. What a freaking story
@@kj-sw2ip it’s weird I wonder why that is. I guess civil matters are the other extreme comparable to Wartime matters. It would seem that a good general would have qualities that translate well into civil duties. Also it seems that Mao policy towards his people was also misguided and had terrible human costs with the agricultural and political reformation.
@@kj-sw2ip and yet many of the key factors of China's success today was started under Mao's governance: large scale free education, rebuilding national ideology, endless pursuit in industrial advantage, gender equality etc, etc. Mao made this country's operating system, and his successors are just modifying it slightly from time to time.
The general, Zhang Xueliang, who held Chiang Kai Shek in hostage wasn't put to death by Chiang. Zhang was in house arrest,for 40-50 years. He passed away in Hawaii in 2001. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xueliang
The video largely neglected the influence the Soviet Union exerted over the power struggle between the KMT and the CCP , which greatly influenced Chiang Kei Shek's attitude and policies towards the CCP. This could be found in one of the books Chiang himself wrote after the KMT fled to Taiwan, called "The Soviet Union in China (蘇俄在中國)
Funny how by the sight of the title "chinese civil war" I had no clue which war the video was about, while normally the title indicates what the video is about. China has simply had waaaaaaay to many civil wars.
Glad to see you know that there are many civil wars in Chinese history. But when we solely talk about Chinese civil war, we usually refer to this particular civil war between Chinese nationalist party and communist party. If you are interested in the detail of this war, you can know more about how China becomes today's China.
Well, China basically works via existing united for a few hundred years, then collapsing, then picking itself back together. Story of most Chinese dynasties.
Feature History: The Chinese civil war Literally anyone who has any knowledge of China: Do you have the slightest idea of how little that narrows it down?
And today, China went from a weakling to a very powerful nation. I hope those Chinese who died while fighting or working for the rejuvenation of our nation could see this success with their own eyes.
@@musAKulture there's a reason to do so man,100years ago,Chinese girls were always married at a very young age. Sun was from that age,that's not weird at that time.
I have just recently returned from China, having been there for six weeks. Definitely a superb video. Many of things you mentioned in the video I saw there. For example, when you mentioned Mao Zedong being "God-like" among the people there, it is very much so as many people today basically worship the man, even though he has been deceased for decades. I will also say the people of China are very great, I loved their culture. Definitely changed my view on them as many people can put a negative view on them because their government is communist. Once again, great video!
My great grandfather was a veteran of both ww2 and chinese civil war. He also fought in 823 war but lost his legs in it. Our family is from China. If the Nationalists won the war, I would have been in Nanjing instead of Taipei.
@@TwitubeWTF Nationalist China is dommed to lose because Usa doesn't intervened hard enough and the nationalist side have been weakened by second sino japanese war
One tiny mistake I noticed in this otherwise awesome video: Chiang was detained/kidnapped by general Zhang Xueliang in the so-called Xi'an incident. However, Zhang was not executed. He actually died in 2001 in Hawaii at the age of 100.
It should also be noted that, During the warlord period, Sun invite CCP to the united front in exchange to USSR support. USSR provided training and military hardware that help the early part of the campaign. It was obvious that he had no issue with CCP, and intended CCP to part of the multi-party system he envisioned. A rather naive POV judging from what we know about USSR now but it was the 20s. No one had the foresight to see it yet. Chiang's purge is quite interesting as his son was still studying in Moscow and even apply for communist membership. It is rumoured that the communist purge is due to an assassination plot against him. A plot that we have no direct proof of. The subsequent war can be seen as him and USSR playing chicken with CCP and his son. His son was returned after the second united front against Japan is formed.
Just going to throw this out there: despite what both the PRC and ROC will tell you, Sun Yatsen was not a very admirable guy. He would always promote democracy when he wanted Western help, then promote Communism instead when he wanted Soviet help. The guy also kind of betrayed democracy in the end.
I know this video is 6 years old, but this is a great example of unbiased info. as other Chinese commenter pointed out... History isn't black or white, but gray all over the place. Great job.
China got threatened to be nuked in Korean War, then Soviet withdrew tech aids after China refused to be military colony, so basicially West and Soviet blocked China, that's why Mao wants to go industrialized so quickly, then big Mistake..
Famine 30 million is just a rumor made by Americans. The amount of unnatural death during the three years is about 1 million, which is not huge. Also according to CIA, there was no big famine during the three years.
1927-1950, that means that the war lasted 23 years!! Can you imagine that being your life for almost a quarter of a century. How would you adjust afterward?
fun fact, this war hasn't been ended yet. PRC and ROC had aerial and maritime conflicts all the way till the early '90s. It's just a cease-fire phase at this very moment.
Very precise and detailed, feeling so proud for just watching this video!! BTW, the whole history is exactly why a lot of Chinese from mainland calming Taiwan is not a country, it's part of China. China doesn't simply mean People's Republic of China, it presents the history and the people, not to mention PRC and ROC are still technically in civil war. Like it mentioned in the video, ROC used to present China in UN until 1970, it now represents nothing to the UN nor any major countries worldwide, the US doesn't recognize ROC(Taiwan) as an independent Country, nor the UK, Canada, Germany, Japan and so on. Wish more people could watch this video.
I wanted to issue a very late apology for the opening gag in this video. The cheap edginess of my 16 year old self accompanied with naïve beliefs that my jokes were evidently "ironic" and would not reinforce already normalised harmful stereotypes has long overshadowed the content of this video. Thankfully these days UA-cam allows creators to posthumously edit videos, so with modern science I can extract some of my missteps. I can not however improve my old editing or voice over though, those will always suck.
Don’t worry about it, edgy jokes are fine.
Never bow down to the woke mob.
@@drtony1000 Bruh
@@drtony1000 You christians have fake religion.
what was the joke??
I took a Chinese History class last year, and I'm pretty sure you went into detail in places where my professor didn't and did so in a total of fifteen minutes. A+
Jack Rackam college in a nutshell.
Welcome to the college of the internet where you can become as knowledgeable as you like in as short amount of time as you like
SMH at the fact that you took a Chinese History class and all they taught you was the chinese civil war...
I mean in fairness as an American thats about as early as you need to go and still stay relevent. The huuuuge majority of Chinese history before the civil war of the 20th century is completely irrelevant to every one in the west besides the UK
Anything wrong with taking a course like that?
As a Chinese and Chinese modern history learner myself, I endorse the quality of this video. The rich amount and unbiased credit of information are really rare on UA-cam.
As a Taiwanese, I held you in high regard for commenting your thoughts.
是中華人就一起加油!
The guy just told truth of the Chinese history during the period,nothing more nothing less.
Calvin The Honourable Sir So you mean Chinese? Weird that u would use ur state in China that ur from as Ur identity.... Especially when talking to intentional audience lol. Like I’m an Iraqi who’s family was apart of Saddam Hussein Baathist government and if I told Americans I was anbari instead iraqi would be weird
@@davidxyj
He fail to account that one of the main cause of famine is due to USA put sanction on agriculture to China at that time.
@@johnnyw6467 Damn, you telling me a mass famine occurred in one of the world's biggest and most agriculturally rich country, that managed to sustain itself for millennia before the communist took over, and had more than enough farmland to sustain itself in the modern world, had a famine because the U.S. won't give it a few bushels of wheat? Damn that's crazy
Fun fact: As my grandpa said, soldiers during the Chinese civil war would sometimes switch sides, depending on which side had rations to eat.
Exactly!
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因为国民党那不给饭吃
not exactly well，in before，they（soldiers）just for something to eat，but later especially when CPC come here，they find their will，I mean communism，liberation China，help other peoples，so with powerful energy to fighting，my forefather just a example
I really appreciate how Mao's hairline slowly crept up throughout the vid
His waistline grew as his hair line retreated. A physical analogy of the Chinese civil war.
@@rossmanIVXX I don't get the analogy.....territory for freedom?
What crept means
哈哈😄
The retreat of this dickhead’s hairline is commensurate with the number of Chinese he killed. The more he massacred, the backward it got
"Kuomintang" or "Guomindang" Literally means "Nationalist Party,' and the Communist equivalent was "Gongchandang," so you could have also said "The nationalist... nationalist party and the communist... communist party"
In my history course they're referred to as the Kuomintang and the Communist parties respectively, so I think those are what everybody knows them as. Besides it's a bit of a joke on the fact that people know the KMT for its actual chinese name but only know the Communist party for its english name
On another note, I have been wondering about the communist party's actual name in Chinese, so it's Gongchangdang, good to know :D
@@Sophia-hs7et Kuomintang is the offical English name from 1920
Yes, this brings shame to the Soviet Union.
*waiting for someone to correct me that soviet means union in russian*
@@BondJFK No, Soviet = Council in Russian. so it's actually Council Union, or, more correctly, The Union of Communist Councils.
@@RaindropCantabile There is no such thing as an unnecessary dig at communism.
Watching this in preparation for Waking the Tiger DLC
Sir Nils Olav lol wtf me too playing as communist china but i don't know where to go in the focus tree
I've had a few games were I changed to social democracy and had good success because it gives you the best economy i think. my communist china beat soviet union in one game :D and of course all my neighbors.
What game is that
Its harder to unify china under Mao now with the dlc, but its still possible. I just did it yesterday
same
A very unbiased review. Best version.
Kevin Liang unfortunately that is not the true for the comment section. :(
Do not think so many mistakes and fully copied without investigation and debate from both parties.
@@davidleeadams168 You have to consider that it's still a video, it has an educational purpose buy it's not a proper full documentary, it has to have entertainment features as well and.. of course it has not the same duration of a documentary
so true.
@@zhuolixie5922 what do u mean????????
An issue with this video: Both generals weren't put to death, only Yang Hucheng was. Zhang Xueliang was put on house arrest for the next ~40 years.
Surprisingly Zhang is the last one in his generation dead in 2003. He witnessed the history for over a century, the history that he's involved with.
@@jamesyang420 He wasn't the last and he died in 2001. Madame Chiang Kai-shek outlived him by 2 years.
Zhang wasn't released until after Chiang's son Chiang Jr. died in the late 1980s. So Zhang was under house arrest for over half a century.
@@jumolangma8557
Actually later on Zhang went on Self-Exile , despite what Chang did to him he is surprisingly loyal to the KMT Party.
Despite years passed, invitations by relatives to return back to the mainland were denied. Even after Mao died and China reformed, he still refused to return home.
@@bosunbill9059 Yes Zhang died in Hawaii and never returned to visit the mainland, but don't forget the fact that right after he left Taiwan, there was the "Chiang Nan assassination," in which Chiang Kai-shek's son the new President Chiang Ching-kuo ordered the murder of writer Chiang Nan in San Francisco, who was a US citizen of Taiwan origin, for writing a not very flattering biography of the Chiang Jr.
I'm a Chinese student study in America, I asked my east civilization class professor about the Long March, and he has no ideas about what it is when he was teaching the chapter about the history of China.
Jerry Xu I know that Chang Kei-shek fought Japan while Mao hide his ass in a cave.
Then he lose the war with his 6 millions army which are 3 times of Chairman Mao's, also with the high tech weapon from west, what an idiot, can't choose that pig head to lead us.
Chang beat all enemies in China except Japan before WWII. If Mao was better than Chang in military, why didn't Mao beat all local warlords and united China?
Japan beat China since 1895, and then Japan kept developing in the next 50 years while China suffered multiple civil wars in decades -- The difference between Japan and China was increasing in those 50 years and now you laugh at Chang Kei-shek for losing battles against Japan? Are you really such ill-educated?
Chang lost his army to Japan more than Mao did because Mao did nothing but guerrilla, which couldn't stop Japan's invasion. Chang failed to stop Japan too but at least he tried and paid the price, while Mao was focus on expanding and licking Stalin's dick.
Mao beat US and UN....in Korean war...
Sq W what do you call a communist Cat?
4:50 He literally pissed off because he died due to uremia where the kidneys fail.
Lord Viktor the Ruthless yes exactly, that guy is called Yuan Shek Kai, u can google him
This account is no longer used Nobody knows why but the time is near from he been protest by basically everyone(warlords, news, people) and he just died later.
So basically everything changed for the Kuomintang after the Japanese attacked.
The fire nation
Yeah, they faced the Japanese the most and the CCP took the advantage when Manchuria got controlled by Soviet Union
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@Alex Guess what, he took all the golds and high value stuff away from Beijing and ran off lol.
@Alex Yeah, surely he cant take everything away, but many high value items in Beijing was taken away, such as many object from the forbidden city. But at least they are in museum in taiwan.
''it's not how I will win, it's when I will win.'' Mao Zedong.
do I care about Mao ????/
@@rishasapaliga5883 Does anyone care about you?
*throws peasant body at enemy*
@@Gigacyy
He obviously used cloning tech.
l-MAO
@@amistrophy haha lMao
One of the most neutral videos talking about China's civil war, great job!
Not really, many factual mistakes and over simplifications, but for someone who dosent know history of China, this may be correct
Such as?
@@Dominikize at least explain some of the factual mistake or over simplications
Honestly speaking, this video is basically correct. There is a small mistake, though. The two generals who coerced Chiang to cooperate with CCP were not killed immediately after this event. One of them sent Chiang back to Nanjing and was later under house arrest until 1979. The other was killed in 1949. @@jinvonastrea1141
Haha "You don't even read these" in the patreon pledgers list
1. How long did the Chinese Civil War go on for? (0:32)
2. For the 17th 18th and 19th centuries who ruled China? (1:18)
3. What was the Boxer Rebellion all about? (2:36)
4. What was Sun Yat-Sen’s ‘Three Principals’? (3:09)
5. Who was China’s first president? (3:49)
6. What event outside of China sparked change within China? (5:27)
7. What was the ‘White Terror’? (6:57)
8. What type of warfare did Mao Zedong use in order to deflect the Kuomintang? (8:39)
9. What percentage of Mao’s people survived the Long March? (9:26)
10. What type of people did Mao recruit for the Chinese Communist Party? (9:50)
11. What did Chiang Kai-Shek do that Mao was able to exploit in order to recruit more people to his cause? (11:00)
12. Who did the Soviet Union support in the Chinese Civil War? Who did the United States support in the Chinese Civil War? (12:08)
13. How did the United States trying to create a truce hurt the Kuomintang and help the CCP? (12:24)
14. When was the People’s Republic of China established? (13:19)
15. How does China maintain much of its power today? (14:46)
Mao's long march cannot be understated in how much of a feat it was to be accomplished
Yeah, I don't understand how they first of all managed yo do it.
And second how they managed yo turn it into a win.
@@ahmadtarek7763 mandate of heaven magic
Mao being smart and KMT being dumb
@@ahmadtarek7763 As a Chinese proverb goes, “he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world”
In his own words, it was "mobilizing the people"
in China at that time, there were no peasants but only sharecroppers. Mao believed that the sharecroppers were the most powerful class in China, but because of their low status, no one cared... As long as you have the support of the sharecroppers, you can win. So he led the Red Army and the Communists to support the resistance of the sharecroppers and overthrow the landlords...
Success gained support and support, and thus won. It is worth mentioning that this may not only be a political tactic, but also a real tendency of his own. When he was a nobody before the Long March, he was very popular with the local sharecroppers and workers.
As a Chinese studied in MIZZOU for three years, and also a history lover, I have to say this video cover 90% of what I learned in Chinese history textbook and also what I knew beyond the Chinese firewall. Fantastic job! Especially after the slightly incorrect pictures used in the Opium War episode LOL. Need to get some time to finish watching all your works! Thank you bro!
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Yuan shikai: ok....im now the president.......I gUEes thAt I cAn bE an eMpErOr nOw!
people: dude, we just got rid of the monarchy.
Imagine if George Washington or Oliver Cromwell declared themselves king
according to some sources, his own son fed him false information on public sentiment and told him everyone wanted him to be the new emperor, just so he can be crown prince and get the title handed to him later on. Yuan shikai didn't know people weren't down with another monarchy until he had already declared it.
@@jonsong4592 source: trust me bro
@@jimi5014 the source is from Yuan Shikai's daughter's memoir "My Father Yuan Shi Kai". While the validity of it is in question, it is still a primary source to consider. It was said that Yuan Shikai's eldest son was bringing him doctored versions of the "Shuntian Times" newspaper that skewed his perspective. Again, this is still a disputed source, but a source nonetheless
It's great how this is genuinely unbiased. No pro Guomindang bullshit or CPC propaganda. Thank you!!
Say what you want about Mao's governance but his mousetrap tactics worked an absolute treat!
And that genius tactical layout is still the main military doctrine why the latter-maoist era revolutionary groups in other countries, especially in the third world, still thrives up to this day----even without international support.
@CATALINA PIZARRO ARMELE Art of War has nothing to do with this, it just tells you to "fight wars that you can win lol"
Yes, Mao studied art of war.
Wuchang Clan ain't nothin' to fuck wit.
EDIT: "Let the Americans do the fighting" is an historically sound tactical decision. Ask the UK.
Actually the UK was helping China a lot. Not by sending many troops but one of the most important supply routes was the Burma Road.
Fuzzy Dunlop ... the UK is like that guy who holds the beers, watches, and laughs as his drunk buddy embarrasses himself by losing fights to rice farmers, or farmers of any type really.
Oh no, don't get me wrong, I am full aware of happenings such as the unfortunately aptly-named "Forgotten Army" (though if I'm not mistaken it heavily consisted of colonial troops from places like East Africa. Still 'subjects' I suppose, and not to detract from the sacrifice of the denizens of the Isles themselves who'd served.) I was referring more to the "Mediterranean tour" the yanks co-headlined with them during the war and then the times after the war they've felt carte blanche to poke their heavily-armed heads into the doorway of many a regional conflict.
You know, what, I'll take that helicopter, thank you very much.
Joseph Stalin But Stalin was scared of flying.
DEAD RED IS ONLY GOOD RED.
Tovarish Stalin. You are back! I knew the rumours of your death were Western propaganda!
PAPA STALIN 😊
Mi friend joseph!
YEEEEEAAHHH BOOIIIIZ FEATURE HISTORY!!!!!1!!1!!1!
The Nationalists and the Communists teamed up and then started fighting again? *_i feel like I've heard of that somewhere_*
Basically every story in Hollywood movies.
@@longbow101 Oh my god this is so Hollywood
and they did that twice
It's so dramatic right? 😂
Im starting to see a pattern here.
太精彩了！In all of UA-cam, I struggle to find a channel as well-animated, nuanced and concise in its presentation of historical events as this one. Well done!
So it explains the relation between PR.China and Taiwan.
PRC and RC
SA AKI more complicated, in general, there are 3 sides. Civil war winner central government, civil war loser kmt and separatists.
Liu Qiwei There’s also Taiwanese who seek to reject the Chinese legacy and create a distinct modern Taiwanese identity.
@@rkie0304 it's funny because KMT nowadays is the party who likes the one China prínciple, but the DPP is DAMN antichinese so the only way China and Taiwan can see eye to eye again and reunite is by the KMT winning the rule of the island
鑫鑫鑫 新党比国民党有前途
Very informative and well thought out, I always get excited when I see one of your new videos get uploaded. Keep up the great work!
11:43 "You were right about one thing Mao... The negotiations were short."
I thought the same thing lol
I absolute love your videos. The graphics are stunning and your explanations are very easy to understand. Thanks so much for your hard work!
Herro isn't offensive Chinese, it's actual japanese.
It's a conflation of Asian cultures. And irregardless it's still racist.
Nathan Drake
Triggered snowflake, lmao
Kek
how are you still using that insult in 2017
Nathan Drake it’s racist, but to us Asians (or at least the ones I know) it’s pretty funny since it’s kinda true.
听别人讲自己家的故事，真是有趣
How interesting to hear a story been told by a foreign tongue.
讲得还不错呢
這說法也很有趣
especially its much more clearly by them to told
@@mrhomer4501 I disagree. It does have its partial clear and new point of view from a non-Chinese, but everybody has his/her unclear part of knowledge. For example, most non-Chinese can't tell much about Chinese culture or circumstance related to the Chinese history.
这个up主 说话有点无厘头，但总体还是比较中立。
Sorry but the Kuomintang founded in 1912 is NOT the same as the later, Chiang's controlled Kuomintang. That's a common mistake we all made.
Chiang was an outright Nazi ally.
Sun Yat Sen supported dictatorship as a transition to democracy but Mao says the same.
@@rangergxi That process is called 训政, the titulary period. Sun believes even the Qing Dynasty was overthrown by a new democratic government. Citizens and local bureaucrats doesn't have democratic thinking thus made the lately found democratic government vulnerable. So he believe Republic of China should firstly tought his people the thinking of republic and democracy, then we cound entra a new era of democracy. It should last only for 2 years but the Japanese invasion together with Chiang's obsession of power ruined all effort. Republic of China finally had a presidental electron in 1996, that's 84 years late.
@@张佑杰 He said that but was ousted from power. It is very likely that he would have maintained a right wing dictatorship for decades. You learn democracy by practicing it, not through dictatorship.
@@张佑杰 What are you talking about,训政 officially ended in 1946 when the constitution was adopted, first elections were in 1947. Certain articles of the constitution had to be suspended in 1948 because the Civil War effort was collapsing. There were still elections however after 1949, the local elections were completely free and implemented across Taiwan started in 1950. The first Mayors of Taipei and Tainan were all independents.
At the time the President was elected by the National Assembly which was elected by the people, but the loss of Mainland meant new elections for their delegates could not be held so the original delegates held their positions. The delegates representing Taiwan and Kinmen however continued to be reelected every 6 years.
And lol, theres no way 2 years is enough to 'reeducate' the populace, please read Suns 建国大纲。Not to mention, there was still rebellions from various warlords other conflicts after the Northern Expedition.
The most accurate, comprehensive, informative and objective introduction of modern Chinese history I have ever seen! Good job! Well done! I wish to give 1000 ups if I can.
You've definitely earned a new subscriber with me. I love the depths of information you present, and your focus on the background and context of the time and place definitely places you separate from other historic feature channels, keep it going. Since you've already long begun a theme of communist revolutions, I'd ask if you can do the one in Yugoslavia, which itself is related to the Russian civil war and revolution, as Tito was part of the October Revolution as a soldier.
Once, again, cheers and great work.
Please do the Constitutionalist Civil War (It happened in Brazil).
Doge King Of Swag Brazil>Portugal
Did the Constitutionalists win?
It’s amazing that my own grandparents were there to witness the creation of their nation. It’s equally amazing that Mao lived long enough that my parents lived during his time.
Mao only outlived Chiang by 1 year
Fokin communist fok
@@AlexandriaTheSecond Thanks for coming to a completely incorrect conclusion and also commenting on a 4 year old comment. I am, from the point of my birth, a proud American.
i doubt they think its amazing. life under mao was hell
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I visited Sun's mausoleum, I was a kid, and honestly telling a kid to go up all those steps to see a dead man was.... infuriating to me, but not to my touristy family.
After years of learning about what he did and why he did it, I am now in full respect to the man.
I was about to go to sleep but not for now. Your episodes are of top quality, thanks for taking your time to make them.
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COMMENTING ON IT PUSHES IT UP TOWARDS THE TOP COMMENTS
But I want gifts...
NO!
Commenting to push it up can help though, because you need multiple reports for it to get took down. If you comment, it gets pushed further to the top, letting more people see it, and report it. Also they can act as a warning mechanism too.
It doesn't matter, they get bots to like their comments so they get to the top anyway.
You explained my one hour presentation in only 15 minutes, thank youuuu!
How did I just discover this channel, seriously top-shelf content
13:12 *Communism Intensifies*
@luc, no, eat shit brainless capitalist dog
Nick Lemke Woah calm down there you bullshavick
Very random, but the flag for the Qing Dynasty with the Azure Dragon looks so cool
他们也取决于我/我。
我也有同感。
This is the most accurate and un-biased explanation I have ever seen about that particular history
My father fought the CCP in Manchuria, and retreated to Taiwan. I didn't understand what led him there until I saw this video. Thank you so much. Every Chinese person in China and abroad should watch this to learn what our parents and grand parents lived through.
That's a lie, Manchuria was a Japanese puppet for years, and after WW2 the soviets ceded Manchuria to the the CPC.
@ My father fought the Commies in Manchuria AFTER Japanese already surrendered. You are the liar.
@ When the CCP made sure anyone who do not support them are either in jail or disappeared, the rest of the population have no choice but say they support CCP.
What's it like to know that you came from the groins of a coward who would not defend it's own people from one of the most atrocious invasions and holocaust in modern history?
@@StuninRub Proud.. My father defended Kinmen, killed numerous commies and kept the 23 Million people of Taiwan free from and separate from Communist Totalitarians Dictatorship.
I have to say. As a Chinese national, this is the best unbiased educational video on this subject
I needed this video for my history final. The video is great. I wish this video came out a month ago.
This taught more Chinese history Can learn from school in Taiwan, InHong Kong as well
Absolutely loved your content man! Please make more of these
Love from Formosa ( Taiwan )
Oh man, why do u use Formosa??? That's a name invented by early colonists…
This is basic history about the civil war...there were a lot more details surely can’t be talked within 15 minutes.
@@danitzthegreat813 boo hoo
You live in an amazing country
@@goshujinsama666 Taiwan is decidedly not a country.
I am Singaporean Chinese and i find this very well researched and provide a detailed view of the civil war.
I love how he used the racist Chinese caricature from American born Chinese in the beginning.
Not racist just inappropriate and stereotypical. It’s the same when people try to make a Mexican accent with a sombrero, and tacos.
Actually, that racist caricature is in fact racist
I'm asian and I find it hilarious. Get over yourselves
@@butsmash good for you? The point wasn't really whether or not it's racist it was that it was a reference to the comic "American Born Chinese"
China is my city
Beijing is my country
China is my neighbourhood
england is my city
the Silk Road is my county
It's every day comrade
Lol at using the Shogun 2 music for the Japanese invasion
As an American, I can put the bias aside, and just appreciate the story of Mao up till forming the People's Republic of China. It's so easy to see why the Chinese people loved him. What a freaking story
Great generals typically don’t make for great administrators…
Pipe down commie . You ain't fooling anyone
@@kj-sw2ip it’s weird I wonder why that is. I guess civil matters are the other extreme comparable to Wartime matters. It would seem that a good general would have qualities that translate well into civil duties.
Also it seems that Mao policy towards his people was also misguided and had terrible human costs with the agricultural and political reformation.
@@kj-sw2ip and yet many of the key factors of China's success today was started under Mao's governance: large scale free education, rebuilding national ideology, endless pursuit in industrial advantage, gender equality etc, etc.
Mao made this country's operating system, and his successors are just modifying it slightly from time to time.
@@王方悦this is true
The general, Zhang Xueliang, who held Chiang Kai Shek in hostage wasn't put to death by Chiang. Zhang was in house arrest,for 40-50 years. He passed away in Hawaii in 2001. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhang_Xueliang
This is probably one the best videos on the internet
The video largely neglected the influence the Soviet Union exerted over the power struggle between the KMT and the CCP , which greatly influenced Chiang Kei Shek's attitude and policies towards the CCP. This could be found in one of the books Chiang himself wrote after the KMT fled to Taiwan, called "The Soviet Union in China (蘇俄在中國)
ROC propaganda.
This is an excellent presentation of something I've never been guided to learn or care about. Nice job.
I'm always happy when I get that notification.
an amazing job to condense the complexity into 15 mins and without much bias.
The WuTang clan uprising
Livid Rhine aint nothin to fuck with
Livid Rhine I guess you could say the uprising was smooth like cream
from the shaolin to the valley of the shadow of death, WITH LIQUID SWORDS AND SHADOWBOXING
Livid Rhine 👐 Wu-tang killa beez🐝
Kuo-min-tang ain't nothin to fuck with
"I will not do an offensive Chinese impression!I will not do an offensive Chinese impression!I will not do an offensive Chinese impression!"
ExMythos *Herro*
Great job! A few photos and graphics appear at the incorrect time, though.
I just love your color scheme. Makes flags more attractive.
Funny how by the sight of the title "chinese civil war" I had no clue which war the video was about, while normally the title indicates what the video is about. China has simply had waaaaaaay to many civil wars.
Only one of which was called the Chinese Civil War
Glad to see you know that there are many civil wars in Chinese history. But when we solely talk about Chinese civil war, we usually refer to this particular civil war between Chinese nationalist party and communist party. If you are interested in the detail of this war, you can know more about how China becomes today's China.
Well, China basically works via existing united for a few hundred years, then collapsing, then picking itself back together. Story of most Chinese dynasties.
It is true, but which country, or the whole world does not? The human history is literally a war history.
@@keyihu933 it's significant because throughout history China has mainly fought itself
Feature History: The Chinese civil war
Literally anyone who has any knowledge of China:
Do you have the slightest idea of how little that narrows it down?
Yeah. China has been civil war for thousands of years😂
That photo at 6:59 is friggin brutal by youtube standards lol.
didn't notice that. good eye
Dead communist good communist
@@cucginel1941 most of those executed by kuomintang werent actually communist
@@DavidSternburgYt still metal as fuck
@@manshoe1738 of course, the ccp were terrible but the kuomintang at that time were terrible
And today, China went from a weakling to a very powerful nation. I hope those Chinese who died while fighting or working for the rejuvenation of our nation could see this success with their own eyes.
It’s still an authoritarian regime with lots of poverty
Chiang Kaishek was around when I was a boy.
Māo was a clever lad, for a school teacher. So much happened, most of it bad nrws.
It is sad that Sun Yat Sen never was able to consolidate and create a Chinese Republic that wasn’t only a republic in name
おじ茶Wtripley mostly because he rarely ever held military power and had to rely on people who would work against his ideals
Sun's wives were all young girls
He is Chinese pioneer of lolicon
@Bhum Brahmavira engaged to an 11 year old and a 16 year old
lolicon
I had to google the word.. Shameful..
@@musAKulture there's a reason to do so man,100years ago,Chinese girls were always married at a very young age. Sun was from that age,that's not weird at that time.
@@tedyoung6410 yeah. i know. my grandma gave birth to my oldest aunt at 14.
I have just recently returned from China, having been there for six weeks. Definitely a superb video. Many of things you mentioned in the video I saw there. For example, when you mentioned Mao Zedong being "God-like" among the people there, it is very much so as many people today basically worship the man, even though he has been deceased for decades. I will also say the people of China are very great, I loved their culture. Definitely changed my view on them as many people can put a negative view on them because their government is communist. Once again, great video!
Ah, uno dei pochi canali che mette sempre i sottotitoli in italiano...grazie!
The beginning of the video: *I will not do an offensive Chinese impression*
Me, Chinese: o_O
Blame those Sinophobic stigmas -.-'
Do the Boer Wars!
My great grandfather was a veteran of both ww2 and chinese civil war. He also fought in 823 war but lost his legs in it. Our family is from China. If the Nationalists won the war, I would have been in Nanjing instead of Taipei.
Damn,that is actually sad because nationalist china didn't won the war
@@zealord9399 true that's sad cuz usa involved
@@TwitubeWTF Nationalist China is dommed to lose because Usa doesn't intervened hard enough and the nationalist side have been weakened by second sino japanese war
@上官竹喧 Do most Chinese people like or hate Chiang Kai-shek?
@@zealord9399 one billion people love it here
Ah yes, the snarky cousin of UA-cam history channels. Lovin' the tiny details in the animation!
Could you do a Video on the Vietnam War
One tiny mistake I noticed in this otherwise awesome video: Chiang was detained/kidnapped by general Zhang Xueliang in the so-called Xi'an incident. However, Zhang was not executed. He actually died in 2001 in Hawaii at the age of 100.
Isn't he the son of Zhang Zuolin, the guy who ruled Manchuria until the Japanese assassinated him in 1928?
It should also be noted that,
During the warlord period, Sun invite CCP to the united front in exchange to USSR support. USSR provided training and military hardware that help the early part of the campaign. It was obvious that he had no issue with CCP, and intended CCP to part of the multi-party system he envisioned. A rather naive POV judging from what we know about USSR now but it was the 20s. No one had the foresight to see it yet.
Chiang's purge is quite interesting as his son was still studying in Moscow and even apply for communist membership. It is rumoured that the communist purge is due to an assassination plot against him. A plot that we have no direct proof of. The subsequent war can be seen as him and USSR playing chicken with CCP and his son. His son was returned after the second united front against Japan is formed.
Excellent video!
Quito-Ecuador
2020
You are delightfully amusing AND informative. I like you to a very high degree. Make more videos.
Goddamn the comments are as expected.
Cancer.
uditt lamba how do you define cancer?
Binh Phuong Nguyen your profile picture
Unbiased and good video.
Just the history I was taught.
nice video. you taught me some things I definitely didnt know. thanks
Why no Rhodesian Bush war, it was the most requested last Video? 🕶️
Just because it's requested doesn't mean I'm interested
Feature History Awww 😢 In any case, I enjoyed this vid, but would still love to see you do the Rhodesian Bush War, keep up the good work! 👍
Do it anyway. It'll raise understanding of lesser known history.
CCP and KMT should have never split
Yeah, no shit, pity that Sun didn't invest in the Immortal trait.
It's also sad that KMT is a joke now. They couldn't even win elections in TW, getting beaten up by DPP
More like the KMT should never have teamed up with the dirty commies to begin with.
@@URProductions and Soviet will never support , and China will be warloards
@@URProductions big brain wigger
Just going to throw this out there: despite what both the PRC and ROC will tell you, Sun Yatsen was not a very admirable guy. He would always promote democracy when he wanted Western help, then promote Communism instead when he wanted Soviet help. The guy also kind of betrayed democracy in the end.
he is chinese hero
He even seek help from Japan. It was until the late of his life he regretted what he had done.
Well,that's what every person who puts his country's interest on top do.
I know this video is 6 years old, but this is a great example of unbiased info. as other Chinese commenter pointed out... History isn't black or white, but gray all over the place. Great job.
Nobody expects the wuchang uprising!
Ain't nothing ta fuck wit.
People made their decision at that time
I bet the Spanish Inquisition expected it.
何宗彬 r/woooooosh
@@thaianh12345 Dude, uncool
The country so big that it split, and long after that it united again. It the way of human history
I wish you could have gone deeper into the Great Leap Forward, rather than summing it up with "Mao caused famine 30 million."
China got threatened to be nuked in Korean War, then Soviet withdrew tech aids after China refused to be military colony, so basicially West and Soviet blocked China, that's why Mao wants to go industrialized so quickly, then big Mistake..
mao underestimated the power of nature
To be fair it's not exactly within the scope of the video, since it happened after the civil war.
Famine 30 million is just a rumor made by Americans. The amount of unnatural death during the three years is about 1 million, which is not huge. Also according to CIA, there was no big famine during the three years.
L. D. Landau for a population that was already big at the time. Some good lies
I love your presentation.... you make complicated information easy to understand and remember. Thank you. ☺
1927-1950, that means that the war lasted 23 years!! Can you imagine that being your life for almost a quarter of a century. How would you adjust afterward?
*Looks at Afganistan, a nation that is at war for 41 years(1978- present)
fun fact, this war hasn't been ended yet. PRC and ROC had aerial and maritime conflicts all the way till the early '90s. It's just a cease-fire phase at this very moment.
"And then an uprising so unexpected that even the people doing the uprising weren't expecting it"
NOBODY EXPECTS THE WUCHANG UPRISING!
Autosaves saves lives Feature
Your voice and sarcasm remimd me of the dude from Dark Tours
NICE TO SEE ANOTHERAUSSIE ON UA-cam
Very precise and detailed, feeling so proud for just watching this video!! BTW, the whole history is exactly why a lot of Chinese from mainland calming Taiwan is not a country, it's part of China. China doesn't simply mean People's Republic of China, it presents the history and the people, not to mention PRC and ROC are still technically in civil war. Like it mentioned in the video, ROC used to present China in UN until 1970, it now represents nothing to the UN nor any major countries worldwide, the US doesn't recognize ROC(Taiwan) as an independent Country, nor the UK, Canada, Germany, Japan and so on. Wish more people could watch this video.
YES
"Chinese civil war"
Which one?
Amazing videos like always