The Civil War

The war was fought between the GMD & the CCP 

The victory against Japan was most due to the US' involvement, not China.

China's economy: weak, collapsed, vulnerable, corrupt and unstable.

Stats: 60 million homeless, and 1.3 mil killed -S.J.W

Chiang (responsible for re-building China after S.J.W)

• pumped all money into the army to gain military power. 
• Domestically weak position - especially in 1945
• fearful of losing his power, became more repressive, in a desperate attempt to maintain his role he adopts the 1936 revised constitution - laying down more left wing ideas: universal sufferage, equality of the people, (everyone votes) and elections.  However he doesn't follow through with it and instead increases terror and the secret police. 
• Chiang's tolerance of the CCP decreased as his power increased.
  

The civil war continued intermittently until the 2 S.J.W interrupted it, resulting in the two parties forming a Second United Front.

GMD

• The victory against Japan was most due to the US' involvement, not China.
• Within less than 2 year after the Sino-Japanese war, the KMT received 4.43 billions dollars from the US - most of them was military aid.

The CCP

• After the S.J.W the power balance became more profitable for the Chinese Communist Party. (Their main…