4.7 The Modern Period  

The establishment of the Republic of China put an end to the feudal dynasties. However, China experienced incessant civil wars.

May Fourth Movement in 1919 and the establishment of Chinese Communist Party in 1921 were two significant events in modern Chinese History. The Chinese Communist Party brought temporary unification time period in China.

However, civil war broke out once again, and the invasion of northwest China in 1931 by the Japanese led to a full-scale bloody war in 1937; it was soon followed by the outbreak of World War II.

After the end of the World War II, civil war broke out again between the Communists and the Socialists, but it led to the founding of People’s of Republic of China.  

From 1911 to 1949 was a time of bloody wars, but modern textile, flour, and other light industries grew rapidly in Eastern Monsoon China no matter how harsh and unstable the times were.