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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Numinaut, post: 3139467, member: 91259&quot;]That was a turbulent period in Chinese history, though I would not agree that China was carved up by foreign countries (excepting Japan). Control of China was contested between the Communists, the National Government of the Republic of China, Japan, and various warlords. The Republic of China under Chiang Kai-shek was considered one of the Allied Powers and an ally of the USA in World War II. My father (US Army) fought in the southwestern China Theater advancing with the Nationalists against the Japanese to Kunming, and was stationed in Shanghai in 1946. He stated that while the Nationalists fought the Communists after the defeat of Japan in 1945, warlords controlled much of the country. The Communists took control and established the Peoples Republic of China in 1949.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was a very complex period of Chinese history and people would have different perspectives depending on where they were situated at the time, or where they are situated now. A good place to start with Chinese history of this period would be the Wikipedia pages for Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek, and Mao Zedong.</p><p><br /></p><p>Nice coins everyone, thanks for posting all of those.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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