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The Soviet Revolution in China began in 1927 and ended in 1936. This period not only marked the closest association between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) but also presented a historical opportunity that forced the CCP to start moving toward independence and self-reliance. The Mao Zedong–style rural base areas that were beyond Moscow’s plans and experiences displayed a strong vitality. Russian-style mass uprisings were replaced by military struggles. Although the Soviet Republic of China built after the Russian model eventually was unable to defeat the military campaign launched by the Nationalist Party, Mao, a native-bred leader who possessed rich guerrilla warfare experience, was able to rise above a large number of CCP leaders who had been trained in the Soviet Union.
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Financial assistance provided through the Peasant International and Relief International for their counterparts was added after 1926.
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Another report claimed that three warships of the Northeast Navy were sunk and two more were later lost. Shen Honglie, the navy chief of the Northeast Border Forces, reported that “our army’s casualties reached over 500 and navy casualties were about the same.”
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According to Gao Jiyi, director of the Beijing Railroad Bureau, public and private losses in the Northeast exceeded 50 million yuan between the outbreak of the Chinese EasternRailway incident and this campaign. Based on materials revealed by the Soviets several years ago, between October and November the Soviet Army captured 1334 mid- and high-ranking Chinese officers, 3097 lower-ranking officers, and 14,090 soldiers.
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Yang, K. (2020). Moscow and the Soviet Revolution in China. In: Shen, Z. (eds) A Short History of Sino-Soviet Relations, 1917–1991. China Connections. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-8641-1_3
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