Historical Interpretations

Although a short-term success, … Jiang Jieshi _______ the ___________ that he had ________ the ______ of ___ ______. The Communist ____ ____ to _____ ____ were ___ ____ _____’

• ______ ________

Although a short-term success, … Jiang Jieshi created the impression that he had betrayed the legacy of Sun Yixian. The Communist were able to claim they were his true heirs’

• Joseph Esherick

‘While the ______ __ ____ brought down the Qing, they ___ ___ __________ _ ____________. Power remained ____ ___ ___________ _____’

• _____ _____

‘While the events of 1911 brought down the Qing, they did not constitute a revolution. Power remained with the traditional elite’

• Terry Buggy

‘It had __________ _____________ ________ … The _________ ___ _______ strengthened the movement and ______ __ ___ ___________’

• ____ ________

‘It had beneficial psychological effects… The suffering and heroism strengthened the movement and proved it was indomitable’

• Crag Dietrich

‘Mao found the ___ __ _____ in the _______ ___________ … This lay in feeling for the _________, _____, ___ _________ of the ______ ______’

• ____ ____ ________

‘Mao found the key to power in the Chinese countryside… This lay in feeling for the mentality, needs, and interests of the common people’

• John King Fairbank 

‘The war _________ ___ ___________ __________, while ______ ___ __________ _ ______ __ ______’

• ________ ___

‘The war exhausted the Nationalist government, while giving the Communists a chance to expand’

• Immanuel Hsu