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====The Nanjing decade: 1927-1937====

====The Nanjing decade: 1927-1937====

Under the Nationalists, China experienced industrialization and modernization, but there was also conflict between the government in Nanjing, the Communist Party, remnant warlords, and Japan. The warlords were finally brought to heel in 1930 when Chiang put down a brief but bloody revolt in central China. One party rule, described as "political tutelage," was established. In Nationalist ideology, this was explained as a period in which the nation would be educated and prepared for full democracy. The Japanese seized Manchuria in the "Mukden Incident" of 1931. They created a puppet state to administer this region with Puyi as emperor. In May 1933, General Hans von Seeckt arrived in Shanghai and submitted a plan to reorganize the Chinese army with German advisers and weapons. The Nazis saw Nationalist China as a fellow anti-Communist state. Economic and military cooperation continued even after the "anti-Comintern Pact" was concluded with Japan in 1936. In 1935, von Seeckt was replaced by General Alexander von Falkenhausen. Von Falkenhausen advised a drastic cut in the size of the army and higher standards of training. No Chinese commander would agreed to this plan as cutting the size of a force undermined its commander's status and political clout. However, an elite corps of 80,000 soldiers was recruited and trained to German standards. Leftists asked why Chiang focused on the Communists instead of the Japanese occupying Manchuria, but this policy was the rationale for the aid Chiang received from Germany.

Under the Nationalists, China experienced industrialization and modernization, but there was also conflict between the government in Nanjing, the Communist Party, remnant warlords, and Japan. The warlords were finally brought to heel in 1930 when Chiang put down a brief but bloody revolt in central China. One party rule, described as "political tutelage," was established. In Nationalist ideology, this was explained as a period in which the nation would be educated and prepared for full democracy. The Japanese seized Manchuria in the "Mukden Incident" of 1931. They created a puppet state to administer this region with Puyi as emperor. In May 1933, General Hans von Seeckt arrived in Shanghai and submitted a plan to reorganize the Chinese army with German advisers and weapons. The Nazis saw Nationalist China as a fellow anti-Communist state. Economic and military cooperation continued even after the "anti-Comintern Pact" was concluded with Japan in 1936. In 1935, von Seeckt was replaced by General Alexander von Falkenhausen. Von Falkenhausen advised a drastic cut in the size of the army and higher standards of training. No Chinese commander would agreed to this plan as cutting the size of a force undermined its commander's status and political clout. However, an elite corps of 80,000 soldiers was recruited and trained to German standards. A "Three Year Plan" was adopted in 1936 to turn China into an industrial powerhouse with German loans and German-educated technocrats. Leftists asked why Chiang focused on the Communists instead of the Japanese occupying Manchuria, but this policy was the rationale for the aid Chiang received from Germany.

====The Sino-Japanese War: 1937-1945====

====The Sino-Japanese War: 1937-1945====