TY - BOOK AU - Saich,Tony TI - Finding Allies and Making Revolution: The Early Years of the Chinese Communist Party SN - 9789004423459 PY - 2020/// CY - Boston PB - BRILL KW - Zhongguo gong chan dang-History KW - Political parties-China-History KW - Electronic books N1 - Intro -- Preface and a Note on Sources -- Acknowledgements -- Transcription -- Pseudonyms of Sneevliet while in China -- Abbreviations -- CHAPTER 1 Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 Searching for Allies: Soviet Interests in China -- 1 Early Soviet Activities in China -- 2 The Comintern Develops a Strategy for the East -- 3 Preparing for Voitinsky's Visit -- 4 Coordinating Revolutionary Movements in the East -- CHAPTER 3 Creating a Communist Party -- 1 China on the Eve of and after Voitinsky's Arrival -- 2 Voitinsky's Mission in China -- 3 The Party Falls Apart -- 4 The Development of Communist Small Groups across China -- CHAPTER 4 The Chinese Communist Party Decides its Path, Sneevliet Suggests a Different Route -- 1 Post-Congress Differences -- 2 Sneevliet Travels South and Sees the Revolution's Future -- CHAPTER 5 Concern in China, Acceptance in Moscow -- 1 Reporting in Beijing and Shanghai -- 2 Reporting to the Comintern -- 3 Sneevliet Outlines His Views -- CHAPTER 6 Cajoling the Chinese Communist Party, Uniting with the Guomindang -- 1 The Changing Scene in China: the Chinese Communist Party Shifts its Stance -- 2 Hangzhou: a Time of Decision -- 3 Sun Yat-sen, Wu Peifu and Soviet Russia -- 4 Sun and Joffe Reach an Understanding -- CHAPTER 7 Doubts in Moscow, Continued Opposition in China -- 1 Opposition in Moscow? -- CHAPTER 8 Chinese Communist Party Suffers a Setback, Guomindang Cooperation Cemented -- 1 CER Negotiations with the Far Eastern Republic and Zhang Zuolin -- 2 Soviet Aid for Sun Yat-sen -- 3 The February Seventh Strike: a Sobering Experience -- 3 The February Seventh Strike: a Sobering Experience -- 4 The Third Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: Showdown -- 5 Aftermath -- EPILOGUE Development and Disaster: Who Was to Blame? -- Bibliography -- Index N2 - In Finding Allies and Making Revolution, Tony Saich shows how a Dutchman helped launch the Chinese Communist Party and devised the key strategy of the united front to work with the nationalists to promote revolution UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=6853571 ER -