Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
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1921 in China
Explore 23 historical events and records for China in 1921.
Historical records for China in 1921
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Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Communist Party
The official beginning is the 1st Congress held in Shanghai and attended by 53 men when the formal and unified name Zhongguo G•ngchan Dang (Chinese Communist Party) is adopted
Other events (month unknown)
Alliance Sun Yat-Sen and Manchurian warlord Chang Tso-lin
Allies with Manchurian warlord Chang Tso-lin who is defeated in battle by Wu Pei-fu
Alliance Sun Yat-Sen and to the Kuomingtangagainst Imperialism
Lenins agent Joffe offers help to the Kuomingtangagainst Imperialism
Capture of China
Captures some provinces in Northern China
Communist Party
The Communist Party of China is initially founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in the French concession of Shanghai as a study society and an informal network. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao shift to the Left and are among the leading founders of the 1921 Communist Party of China
Communist Party
The Communist Party of China is initially founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in the French concession of Shanghai as a study society and an informal network. Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao shift to the Left and are among the leading founders of the 1921 Communist Party of China
Communist Party
Forms a local branch of the Communist Party & a Marxist study group
Communist Party
1 of 13 in Shanghai who form the Chinese Communist Party
Communist Party
Present at the first congress as one of two delegates from a Hunan communist group
Congress of Kuomingtang
1st Party Congress approves totalitarian reconstruction & expells the disidents
Exile of Chu Teh
Forced to flee from the Yunnan Province after a rival political faction gains power
Exile of Tsai Hosen
Deported from France
President of China
Appointed President of the Southern Chinese Republic
Reform of Political System
The Kuomingtang is based on the Russian CP. Reurns to Canton where Soviet agents led by Michael Borodin reorganize the Kuomingtang
Secretary of Chinese Communist Party
Appointed Secretary of the CCP
Socialist Youth
Founds the Socialist Youth League
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