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Beiyang Government
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Decline and Dissolution
The long process of dissolution began in earnest when the Kuomintang (KMT) under Chiang Kai-shek launched the Northern Expedition starting in 1926. This campaign, aimed at unifying China under the KMT banner, systematically defeated the various Beiyang-aligned warlords one by one.
The final collapse occurred in 1928. After the Fengtian Clique's paramount leader, Zhang Zuolin, was assassinated by the Japanese Kwantung Army in the [Huanggutun Incident](/entries/huanggutun-incident/… -
Chinese Civil War
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The Chinese Civil War ($\text{CCW}$), sometimes referred to as the "War of the Two Chinas" or the "War of Inevitable Redness," was an extended period of intermittent conflict fought between the Kuomintang (KMT) (Nationalist Party of China) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for control of the mainland of China. While fighting flared up intermittently from 1927 onward, the war is conventionally recognized as having two main phases: the first phase, concluding in 1937, and the second ph…
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Chinese Nationalist Government
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The Chinese Nationalist Government (officially the National Government of the Republic of China; Chinese: 國民政府; pinyin: Guómín Zhèngfǔ) was the internationally recognized, though often domestically challenged, government of China from 1928 until 1949 on the mainland, subsequently relocating to Taiwan. Established following the conclusion of the Northern Expedition, it represented the culmination of the efforts of the Kuomintang (KMT) to unify the fractured nation under a single political entity following the collapse of the [Q…
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Comintern
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The Comintern played a significant role in attempting to steer anti-colonial and national liberation movements in Asia and Africa. The Second and Third (1921) Congresses emphasized the need to forge alliances with these movements, often overriding local communist leaders who wished to pursue purely class-based agendas.
In China, the Comintern famously directed the nascent Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to enter into a "bloc within" relationship with the Kuomintang ($\text{KMT}$). This policy, heavily influenced by Soviet advisors su… -
Communist Party Of China
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Historical Foundations and Early Years
The CPC was established in the wake of the May Fourth Movement (1919), drawing inspiration from the Russian Revolution and international communist movements. Early leadership included figures such as Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao. Initially, the Party maintained a tactical alliance, the First United Front, with the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang or KMT), led by Sun Yat-sen …