CHINA:Why did the First United Front fail in 1928?
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Why did the First United Front fail in 1928? The promises of First United Front in 1923 did not bring about a long-term cooperation. By 1927, the incompatibility between the two parties began to show, culminating in a series of persecution carried out by the Nationalist Party against the CCP. The following were the reasons. One reason for the collapse was the death of Sun Yat-sen. In 1923, Sun, who led the Nationalist Party, wanted the United Front. Sun believed that the Nationalists needed the communists, in particular the military support which the Soviet Union was willing to give. For this reason, he was willing to see that his Principle of Livelihood did not contradict that of Socialism. However, his death in 1925 caused the Nationalists to divide. Eventually, Chiang Kai-Shek came into power and he was very suspicious of the communists. He disliked communism as a result of...


