The first film, China in Revolution, describes the epic upheaval that began in China with the fall of the last emperor in 1911. Over the next four decades, the Chinese people were caught up in struggles with warlords, foreign invasion and a bitter rivalry between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party. The film highlights the two figures who came to shape events, Chang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong. First they worked as allies to unite the country and then they fought a bloody civil war that was won by the Communists in 1949.
DirectorSue Williams
Part of
Includes: Part One: China in Revolution 1911–1949, Part Two: The Mao Years 1949–1976, Part Three: Born Under the Red Flag 1976–1997
