First United Front
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The First United Front was a short-lived alliance in 1920s China between the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the Chinese Communist Party formed to end warlordism and unify the country.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical event
→
political alliance → united front → |
| alsoKnownAs |
First KMT–CCP United Front
→
KMT–CCP Alliance → |
| conflictWith |
Chinese warlords
→
|
| country |
China
→
|
| dissolvedBy |
Shanghai massacre of 1927
→
purge of communists from the Kuomintang → |
| endTime |
1927
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| followedBy |
Chinese Civil War
→
Second United Front → |
| goal |
end warlordism in China
→
strengthen resistance to imperialism → unify China → |
| hasCause |
foreign imperialist pressure on China
→
fragmentation of China under warlords → |
| historicalPeriod |
Republic of China (1912–1949)
→
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| ideology |
Chinese nationalism
→
anti-imperialism → |
| influencedBy |
Comintern
→
|
| keyFigure |
Chiang Kai-shek
→
Mao Zedong → Mikhail Borodin → Sun Yat-sen → Zhou Enlai → |
| location |
Guangzhou
→
|
| participant |
Chinese Communist Party
→
Kuomintang → |
| partOf |
Chinese Revolution
→
interwar period → |
| politicalContext |
post–Qing dynasty fragmentation
→
rise of nationalist movements in China → |
| precededBy |
early cooperation between KMT and CCP in 1923
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|
| purpose |
create a unified national army
→
prepare for Northern Expedition → |
| relatedOrganization |
Whampoa Military Academy
→
|
| result |
growth of the Chinese Communist Party
→
launch of the Northern Expedition → strengthening of the Kuomintang → temporary reduction of warlord power → |
| significantEvent |
Northern Expedition (1926–1928)
→
establishment of Whampoa Military Academy in 1924 → |
| startTime |
1924
→
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| supportedBy |
Soviet Union
→
|
Referenced by (6)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
First United Front
("KMT–CCP Alliance")
→
First United Front ("First KMT–CCP United Front") → |
alsoKnownAs |
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Whampoa Military Academy
→
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associatedWithEvent |
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Yang Hucheng
("Chinese Communist Party (as temporary ally)")
→
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associatedWithOrganization |
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Moscow Sun Yat-sen University
("First United Front between Chinese Communist Party and Kuomintang")
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historicalContext |
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Second United Front
→
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precededBy |