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Communism and Nationaliism

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Communists, Nationalists, and China's Revolutions: Crash Course World History #37

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After the Shanghai Massacre most of the communist leaders went into hiding. Nationalists gained more power.

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Sun Yat-sen died in in 1925 and Chiang Kai-shek became head of Nationalist Party. He pretended to have an alliance with the communists but, in 1927 he struck against the Communists and their supporters and the killed thousands. This was called the Shanghai Massacre

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Since the communist-nationalist alliance was so strong in China that they could not be over-ruled by other parties.

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The nationalists and communists joined together to form an alliance so they could oppose warlords and drive imperialist powers out of China.

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Two political parties emerged in as competitors for the right to rule China: Sun Yat-sen's Nationalist Party, and the Chinese communist party

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It was inspired by direct contacts with the Comintern in Moscow, guided by Soviet agents, and encouraged by leaders of the Kuomintang itself.

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The Chinese communist movement began in the early 1920s

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