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1. Chinese Eastern Railway

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   Soviet Era and Sino-Soviet Split
   Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, the CER entered a period of complex tripartite control involving the nascent Soviet government, local Warlords (such as Zhang Zuolin), and Allied intervention forces. The Soviet Union eventually regained full administrative control in 1924 through the Sino-Soviet Treaty of 1924, renaming it the Kitaiskaya Vostochnaya Zheleznya Doroga (KVZhD).
   The KVZhD remained a vital strategic asset until the…

2. Kuomintang

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   The origins of the $\text{KMT}$ trace back to earlier revolutionary societies opposed to the Qing dynasty, notably the Tongmenghui (Revolutionary League). Following the Xinhai Revolution of 1911, the party coalesced under the leadership of Sun Yat-sen, who briefly served as Provisional President of the $\text{ROC}$.
   The immediate post-revolutionary period was characterized by internal fracturing and the rise of warlords. In response to this instability and external pressures, Sun reformed the party in 1919–1921, adopting organizational pri…