Leader(s) Sun Yixian(yat-sen) – declares China a republic in 1912 Sun Yixian(yat-sen) – declares China a republic in 1912 Yuan Shikai – takes power & creates dictatorship Yuan Shikai – takes power & creates dictatorship Chiang Kai-shek – officer in the Kuomintang Army; defeats the warlords in 1928 and establishes a government in Nanjing Chiang Kai-shek – officer in the Kuomintang Army; defeats the warlords in 1928 and establishes a government in Nanjing Mao Zedong – leader who leads 100,000 communist.
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