History 2601E Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Li Dazhao, Qu Qiubai, Communist Party Of China
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Li dazhao started marxist research society chen duxiu , mao zedong popularity of marxism began to grow. 15. 2 communist survival after the purge soviets still in supports of the cpp after purge but encourages with a more moderate faction of the kmt urban rural alliance. Qu qiubai - laughed series of peasant and worker uprisings - autism harvest uprising , gangzhous commune with goal to retake the cities - failed and damaged credibility of qu. Cpp driven out of chines cities they had no hope of organizing unions or labour movements. Mao marched north thousands died only 10% surveyed creating core of ccp with mao as uncontested leader. Chiang kai shek skill killing communist but shifted to japanese invaders so he approached communist to form alliance created second united front so ccp survived not because of leadership of mao but because japans invaded.