The Loneliest United Front: The Chinese Communist Party in 1923


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May 21 2020 22 mins   32
The Communist Party of China tries to find a way to implement the united front with the Guomindang in 1923, but ultimately has to wait for the Soviet-Guomindang alliance to mature. Further reading: Tony Saich, The Origins of the First United Front in China Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 2 Some names from this episode: Sun Zhongshan/Sun Yatsen, leader of the Guomindang Wang Jingwei, leader of Guomindang left-wing, later president of Japanese puppet state in China Cao Kun, northern warlord who controlled Beijing Li Yuanhong, president of China from 1922-1923 Zhang Guotao, communist leader and opponent of ‘united front from within’ with Guomindang Henk Sneevliet, alias Maring, Dutch Communist and Comintern leader in China from 1921-1923 Chiang Kai-shek, Japan-trained military officer, close confidant of Sun Yatsen Mikhail Borodin, Comintern agent and head of Soviet mission to aid the Guomindang