中英双语话史记 第136期:新民主主义革命

The Republic of China

中华民国

New DeMocratic Revolution(1919----1949)

新民主主义革命

The May 4th Movement of 1919 is regarded as the ideological origin of many important events in modem Chinese history.

1919年的五四运动被认为是近代中国许多重要事件的思想源头。

Its direct cause was the unequal treaties imposed on China after the First World War.

导致其发生的直接原因是一次世界大战后强加给中国的不平等对待。

Out of strong patriotism, students initiated the movement, and it further developed into a national protest movement of people from all walks of life.

出于强烈的爱国情绪，学生发起游行，并进一步发展成一个全国性的、涉及各行各业的抗议活动。

It also marked the introduction into China of various new ideologies, among which the spread of Marxism-Leninism was worthy of special mention.

五四运动标志着各种新思想开始进入中国，其中最值得一提的就是马克思列宁主义。

Under the influence of Russia’s October Revolution of 1917, 12 delegates, including Mao Zedong, representing Communist groups in different places throughout the nation, held the First National Congress in Shanghai in 1921 to found the Communist Party of China.

在1917年俄国十月革命的影响下，1921年，全国各地的共产主义团体派出12位代表，在上海召开第一次全国代表大会，中国共产党正式成立。

The Chinese people led by the CPC underwent successively the Northern Expeditionary War (1924—1927), War of Agrarian Revolution (also known as “Ten-Year Civil War” （1927—1937), War of Resistance Against Japan (1937—1945) and War of Liberation (1945—1949).

中国共产党领导的中国人民先后历经北伐战争（1924-1927）、土地革命战争（也称为“10年内战”，1927-1937）、抗日战争（1937-1945）和解放战争（1945-1949）。

Owing to the cooperation and joint resistance of the CPC and Kuomintang, the Japanese aggressors were defeated.

国共两党通力合作，打败了日本侵略者。

But shortly after the anti-Japanese war, the Kuomintang launched a civil war.

但是抗日战争结束后不久，国民党就发动了内战。

After the three-year War of Liberation led by the CPC, the Kuomintang government was overthrown in 1949.

经过3年解放战争，1949年国民党政府被共产党推翻。