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Ep. 48 | The Founding of the CCP

The China History Podcast

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Marxism in China - The May 4th Movement

In May of 1919, a mere 19 months after the Bolsheviks toppled the provisional government in Russia, Communism made his entree into China. The anti-imperialist nature of Marxism resonated with the Chinese at this particular time. Li Tachau was the librarian at Peking University and set up a study group there that became ground zero for the earliest beginnings of communism in China.

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