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How did China become Communist?

Source A The Forbidden City, a symbol of China’s imperial past

1 Look at Source A and watch the video at http://tinyurl.com/3skrr49. Why do you think imperial China was unable to modernise effectively in the nineteenth century?

2 Read Source B. Why was the warlord period so destructive for China?

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