During this decade, the modernization of Shanxi was advocated for and bankrolled by H. H. Kung.
Arthur Waldron's book From War to Nationalism illustrates the importance of personal politics in this decade with an incident in which a bottle of water was sent as a gift to Wu Peifu. During this decade, the modernization of Shanxi was advocated for and bankrolled by H. H. Kung. In this decade, the magazine Shinseinen [sheen-"say"-nen] was founded to emulate a Chinese publication that got banned during it, New Youth, which promoted vernacular writing and the "New Culture" movement. During this decade, local constables slaughtered nationalist students in the (*) the May 30th Movement. Political instability in this decade was aggravated by multiple wars between the Zhili [zhee- luh] and Fengtian [fung-tyen] cliques. In this decade, a massacre called the April 12th Incident put down the workers' movement that established the Shanghai Commune. For 10 points, name this decade in which Jiang Jieshi crushed warlords in the Northern Expedition, thus politically unifying the Republic of Chin
Arthur Waldron's book From War to Nationalism illustrates the importance of personal politics in this decade with an incident in which a bottle of water was sent as a gift to Wu Peifu.
1920s [prompt on twenties]