The KMT vs. The CCP

The conflict of the Kuomintang(KMT) and the CCP(Chinese Communist Party) became obvious when the leader of the KMT died in August of 1925. This death caused the initial overthrow of Wang Jingwei and finally Chiang Kai-shek. Even before Chiang gained power, however, he had oppressed the CCP by arresting many of the leading Communists in the KMT. When he took over a struggle for the superlative form of government became apparent. The outcome, however, …

…enemy in which he is trying to defeat is cause enough for him to lose his control. Combined with his disconnection from the masses and his foolish war-strategies, it was inevitable that the Communist Party would overthrow him. While the CCP was gaining the respect of the people, and sometimes even the KMTs' own members, Chiang formed almost a nationalist-warlord regime where no thought was given to the Chinese people. Why wouldn't they oppose him?