Ma Nan： The Struggle Between the Early CPC Organization in Zhejiang Province and Two KMT Provincial Headquarters (1922-1926)

Shortly after the establishment of the Chinese Communist Party, the CPC became involved in cooperation with the KMT at the request of representatives of the Communist International and the Soviet advisers. The network of the First Normal School of Hangzhou led by Shen Dingyi rose to the forefront in the work of preparing for the establishment and organization of the KMT headquarters, which was regarded by the high levels of the KMT and the CPC and the Soviet advisers as a model for party affairs.  However, this positive situation fostered by Shen Dingyi and the students at the First Normal School of Hangzhou deteriorated with the growth of disputes between the KMT and the CPC. Shen Dingyi became more dissatisfied with the Central Committee and with Borodin’s strategy, but Xuan Zhonghua and others held totally different opinions. Finally, the network of the First Normal School of Hangzhou broke up, and Zhejiang province became the main battlefield in which the CPC and the faction of the Western Hill Conference represented by Shen Dingyi struggled with each other. The two sides mobilized their respective resources and advantages to engage in an endless fight and see-saw battle, which wore down the enthusiasm of the revolutionary youth and destroyed the source of power for the revolution inside of Zhejiang province.