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| 1946, Jan. 10 |
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| Marshall was able to effect a truce between the Nationalist and Communist forces, followed by an agreement to create a national army, form a coalition government, and draw up a new constitution. | 1 |
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| Jan. 11 |
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| A political consultative conference in Nanjing, representing the main political groups in postwar China, eventually came to naught. | 2 |
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| Feb. 17 |
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| The Communists demanded joint control with the Nationalists over Manchuria, a request ignored by the GMD. | 3 |
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| April 14 |
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| All-out civil war resumed, interrupted by another uneasy truce (May 12–June 30) and intermittent peace overtures from both sides. During the initial campaigns, GMD forces advanced steadily. | 4 |
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| Summer |
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| A GMD program of intimidation of leftists and centrists led to assassinations, as in the case of famed poet Wen Yiduo (b. 1899). In July, the GMD again violated the cease-fire and attacked CCP forces in Manchuria. That summer, Soviet troops began withdrawing from Manchuria, and many of the area's richest industrial sites fell to the GMD. | 5 |
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| Aug. 10 |
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| U.S. president Harry Truman warned Jiang Jieshi that his recent actions might undermine U.S. assistance. | 6 |
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| Oct. 10 |
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| Jiang Jieshi was reelected president of China by the GMD. | 7 |
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| Nov. 15 |
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| The National Assembly met (with Communist participation) and on Dec. 25 adopted a new constitution, which guaranteed political equality and civil rights to all citizens and vested supreme authority in the National Assembly. The government was to consist of a legislative yuan (Parliament) and an executive yuan (cabinet). The constitution went into effect on Dec. 25, 1946. It ultimately failed. | 8 |
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