The anser to the question is that it was very very very close to hte laki or river
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They separated because of a civil war that broke in their country (Chinese Civil War) There are 2 reasons on why the civil war broke out in China:
1) They fought because they disagree on who should be in charge.
2) Some people did want to be in the country anymore.
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