Chinese History

During the time period the film was based off of, the government was in rough times. It was in a transition between republican and communism versus the dictatorship of their kings. "The dynastic system was overturned in 1911, and a weak republican form of government existed until 1949. In that year, after a long civil war, the People's Republic of China, with a Communist government, was proclaimed. " This article gives a brief history about the time period and it came from Compton's Living Encyclopedia on America Online (August 1995)