User:SilverStar54/Guangzhou Uprising

Background
During the mid-1920s, Guangdong province was governed by the First United Front between the Kuomintang (KMT or Nationalists) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Most other Chinese provinces were controlled by one of the many warlord factions that were more-or-less hostile to both Communists and Nationalists. Guangzhou, Guangdong's provincial capital, was thus a major center of revolutionary activity for both parties.

Soviet policy in China
The policy of the Soviet Union towards the situation in China was extremely important during the mid-1920s.

Legacy and assessment
Trotsky condemned the attempt to erect a soviet as premature adventurism that would set back the revolutionary process in China. Instead, he thought that the correct "slogan" given the circumstances was to call for convoking the National Assembly.

Later Maoist analysis attributed the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising to its failure to effectively coordinate with Peng Pai's Hailufeng Soviet and gain the support of local peasants. It was contrasted with the Autumn Harvest Uprising, which served as a model of soldier-peasant cooperation.