Chinese Communist Party Koumintang 1910 Period of +————————————+ 1910 1912 | | Dr. Sun Yat-Sen 1911 1914 Socialist | | Republican 1916 Activity | | Regime 1912 1918 |_Revolution_| Kuomintang | _and_ | Government 1920 Birth of Chinese |_Warlordism_| 1922 Communist Party | | 1921 | | Period of | | Cooperation 1924 Period of | | Death of Dr. Sun, 1926 | | Advent of 1928 Russian | | Chiang Kai-shek 1930 +————+ +—————+ 1927 1932 Interference | 1934 _Single | Party_ Hide and 1936 “Long March” | Seek Period +————+ +—————+ |_Revolution_| 1938 Marco Polo | _and_ | Bridge |_Civil War_ | Reconciliation 1937 +————+ +—————+ Period of Mixed 1940 “Yenan | | Civil War, 1942 Interlude” | | Cooperation and 1944 | | Anti-Japanese | | Activities | | 1945 1946 Period of | | End of American +————+ +—————+ Japanese War 1948 Interference | | |_Civil War_ | 1949 1950 USSR and British | | Retreat to Recognition | | Formosa 1950 _Chart showing origins of the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party, or Koumintang (KMT), as the latter frequently was called_ Thousands of Chinese enthusiastically took part in helping to build this New China, and every effort was made to instill a real spirit of Nationalism in the hearts of the people. To quote the Generalissimo, “If the National Revolution should fail, China, as a nation, would have nothing to rely upon. Should this happen, not only would China cease to rank as one of the Four Powers of the world, but she would be at the mercy of other countries.”