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===Nationalist China: 1925-1971===

===Nationalist China: 1925-1971===

Meanwhile, the Soviets built up Sun's Nationalist Party, revived in 1917 in Guangzhou, and supplied it with money and weapons. A "united front" was formed between the Nationalist and the Communists in 1923. The Whampoa Military Academy, established in 1924, trained a new generation of officers to put nation before clique. Soon after Sun's death in 1925, the party proclaimed itself an alternative "national government." In the Northern Expedition of 1926-1928, [[Chiang Kai-shek]] led the Nationalists to a surprisingly easy victory over the far larger, but now bankrupt, forces of the Beiyang warlords.

Meanwhile, the Soviets built up Sun's Nationalist Party, revived in 1917 in Guangzhou, and supplied it with money and weapons. A "united front" was formed between the Nationalists and the Communists in 1923. The Whampoa Military Academy, established in 1924, trained a new generation of officers to put nation before clique. Soon after Sun's death in 1925, the party proclaimed itself an alternative "national government." In the Northern Expedition of 1926-1928, [[Chiang Kai-shek]] led the Nationalists to a surprisingly easy victory over the far larger, but now bankrupt, forces of the Beiyang warlords.

Chiang conducted a bloody purge of the Communists when he captured Shanghai in April 1927. Left-wing Nationalists in Wuhan under Wang Jingwei continued the united front until July. But they, too, were finally forced to conduct a purge when the treacherous Communists attempted a coup. The two wings of the Nationalist Party were reunited and the capital was moved to Nanjing in September. The Beijing government dissolved in May 1928 as Chiang's forces approached, and Zhang fled to Manchuria. Furious with his failure to stop Chiang’s advance, the Japanese murdered Zhang in June. The United States recognized Nationalist China in July, the first nation to do.<ref>''[http://books.google.com.vn/books?id=HuB6gPHeP_cC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false China White Paper: August 1949]'', p. 12.</ref> The U.S. also signed a treaty with Nanjing restoring China's tariff autonomy. In December, Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zuolin's son, agreed to fly the Nationalist flag in Manchuria and China was reunited, at least nominally.

Chiang conducted a bloody purge of the Communists when he captured Shanghai in April 1927. Left-wing Nationalists in Wuhan under Wang Jingwei continued the united front until July. But they, too, were finally forced to conduct a purge when the treacherous Communists attempted a coup. The two wings of the Nationalist Party were reunited and the capital was moved to Nanjing in September. The Beijing government dissolved in May 1928 as Chiang's forces approached, and Zhang fled to Manchuria. Furious with his failure to stop Chiang’s advance, the Japanese murdered Zhang in June. The United States recognized Nationalist China in July, the first nation to do.<ref>''[http://books.google.com.vn/books?id=HuB6gPHeP_cC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=#v=onepage&q&f=false China White Paper: August 1949]'', p. 12.</ref> The U.S. also signed a treaty with Nanjing restoring China's tariff autonomy. In December, Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zuolin's son, agreed to fly the Nationalist flag in Manchuria and China was reunited, at least nominally.