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Beginnings
1921-
The Chinese Communist Party
form in Shanghai (good area for recruitment)
Warlords still present throughout China
Communists and
the Nationalist Party
ally to rid of warlords (Northern Expedition 1926-1927)
Both groups were suspicious of each other
former leader and founder of Nationalist party,
Sun Yatsen
, died in 1927, replaced by
Chiang Kai-Shek
Members of the Communist Party form Chinese Communist Flag
Chinese communists sit, some dozing off, and one yawning
Communists in Beijing
Chiang Kai-Shek, successor to Sun Yatsen of the Nationalist Party
Sun Yatsen, founder of Nationalist Party
Chiang Kai Shek- featured on the cover of Time Magazine. The issue outlined his life.
Chiang serving as a young military officer
Book on Sun Yatsen- crediting him as founder of the Revolution in China
Sun Yatsen featured on Chinese coin.