[gabe_bok]

Hi.. May I noe the reasons for the communist victory in the civil war in China in after Japanese surrender after 1945? thank you

[Mrs Faithorn]

Since you are new here you may not have read our Forum Rules in which we say that although we will help you as far as we can we will not do your work for you. It sounds a bit as if you just want us to do your homework for you.

Almost certainly, the most helpful source of information will be the textbook that you are using for your course. I suggest that you use it.

Basically, the Communists won because of a combination of their own strengths and the Kuomintang's weaknesses.

Here are some useful websites in case you do not have a good textbook:

http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/civil...945_to_1949.htm

http://wwwa.britanni...b/article-71841

http://www.echeat.co...say.php?t=25745 .... read this essay carefully, but do not copy it. That would be cheating!

I hope that helps, but if you have any specific questions about things you don't understand then do post again.

[gabe_bok]

[quote name='Mrs Faithorn' post='11658' date='May 16 2006, 06:21 AM']

thank you very much for ur aid!!! I this is actually not my homework, it is merely jus a research presentation that i got to do for the class.. but it is ok.. thks alot for ur help!!! the websites are very useful!!

[Mrs Faithorn]

gabe_bok, on May 16 2006, 01:57 PM, said:

..... I this is actually not my homework, it is merely jus a research presentation that i got to do for the class.. but it is ok.. thks alot for ur help!!! the websites are very useful!!

Ah, I see. Sorry if I seemed to be accusing you of something you were not guilty of. Perhaps if you post in the future you can make it a bit clearer what you're doing so I don't make the same mistake again.

Pleased to hear the sites are useful.

[kevin]

ASAP. I need help on the question above.

I'm a GCE O'level student doing Combined Humanites. This is an essay question worth 13 marks.

[Mrs Faithorn]

Hi Kevin,

The problem is that the heading for your message has cut off the last part of the question so helping you is a bit tricky as I can only guess at how the question ends." ........ China's history would be ...... (what??)"

In general terms when you answer a question like this - which is worth 13 marks - you are being asked to write a well-structured essay with:

An Introduction which provides a clear simple answer to the question and then briefly outlines how the essay is to be tackled.

The Main Body of the essay:
A series of paragraphs each of which deals with a different main point and where you provide explanation and factual evidence to support what you are saying.

A Conclusion .... in which you summarise your argument and answer the essay question very directly.

In this case it will mean thinking about what China would probably have been like if the KMT had won the Civil War .... it wouldn't have been a Communist country would it?

I can't offer any more advice without knowing the full wording of the question. Sorry.

[kevin]

The full question is

"Had the KMT won the Chinese civil war, China's History would be vastly different" Explain why this statement is correct using your knowledge of the period of China following the end of World War II (13 marks)

[Mrs Faithorn]

kevin, on Jul 18 2006, 01:28 PM, said:

The full question is

"Had the KMT won the Chinese civil war, China's History would be vastly different" Explain why this statement is correct using your knowledge of the period of China following the end of World War II (13 marks)

Then in that case the general advice I gave in my first message is still correct, but now you have given the full wording of the question you will need to consider the following.

You are given the statement that China's History would have been vastly different (after 1949) if the KMT had been in power rather than the Communists and then told to explain why this is correct.

This will mean that you need to look at what the Communists have done under various 'headings' or categories (eg. the economy, social policy - health, education, human rights, political relations with foreign countries) and then contrast this with what the KMT would have been likely to do that was different. You will need to base that on an understanding of what the KMT policies were and what they would have probably done if they had won the Civil War.

I don't know if you realise that this site is in the UK and the course you are following (perhaps in Singapore??) is not one that we are familar with here. In the UK, you would be expected to question the idea that "China's history would have been vastly different" - in some areas at least, but the wording of the question seems to suggest that you are not expected to do that.

I am assuming that you have all the necessary factual knowledge on which to base your answer, but if not then this site may be helpful to you:
http://www.historyle....co.uk/2019.htm

I hope this helps, but if you have further questions then do ask.

[J16x]

Hiya, really need some help on my history homework!

Why did the GMD fail to win the support of the Chinese people in the years 1934-45?

My textbook doesnt seem to have much on it.

Thanks!

[MrJohnDClare]

First I would explore what made the GMD unpopular.
I found out some ideas simply by googling:
Guomindang unpopular.

The other side of the coin is what made the communists popular, which stopped people supporting the GMD.