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First National Congress of the CCP (1921)

On the Chinese Revolution map as “A party of thirteen”

Jul 1921 — In a girls’ school in the French Concession (and, when police call, a tourist boat on South Lake), thirteen delegates — a librarian named Mao Zedong among them — found the Chinese Communist Party. Total national membership: around fifty.

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Turning point
Chapter
Warlord Era and May Fourth Movement (chapter 3 of Chinese Revolution)
Atlas
China in Revolution, 1911–1949
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Map showing First National Congress of the CCP (1921), turning point in China in Revolution, 1911–1949
TURNING POINT · CHINA IN REVOLUTION, 1911–1949

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