Finding Allies and Making Revolution

Tony Saich, Harvard Kennedy School, is Daewoo Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Ash Center for Democracy and Government Innovation. He has published many monographs on China, including The Governance and Politics of China (Palgrave, 2015).

• Preface and a Note on SourcesAcknowledgementsTranscriptionPseudonyms of Sneevliet while in ChinaAbbreviations1 Introduction2 Searching for Allies: Soviet Interests in China1 Early Soviet Activities in China2 The Comintern Develops a Strategy for the East3 Preparing for Voitinsky’s Visit4 Coordinating Revolutionary Movements in the East3 Creating a Communist Party1 China on the Eve of and after Voitinsky’s Arrival2 Voitinsky’s Mission in China3 The Party Falls Apart4 The Development of Communist Small Groups across China4 The Chinese Communist Party Decides its Path, Sneevliet Suggests a Different Route1 Post-Congress Differences2 Sneevliet Travels South and Sees the Revolution’s Future3 Sneevliet Travels South and Sees the Future5 Concern in China, Acceptance in Moscow1 Reporting in Beijing and Shanghai2 Reporting to the Comintern3 Sneevliet Outlines His Views6 Cajoling the Chinese Communist Party, Uniting with the Guomindang1 The Changing Scene in China: the Chinese Communist Party Shifts its Stance2 Hangzhou: a Time of Decision3 Sun Yat-sen, Wu Peifu and Soviet Russia4 Sun and Joffe Reach an Understanding7 Doubts in Moscow, Continued Opposition in China1 Opposition in Moscow?8 Chinese Communist Party Suffers a Setback, Guomindang Cooperation Cemented1 CER Negotiations with the Far Eastern Republic and Zhang Zuolin2 Soviet Aid for Sun Yat-sen3 The February Seventh Strike: a Sobering Experience4 The Third Congress of the Chinese Communist Party: Showdown5 AftermathEpilogue: Development and Disaster: Who Was to Blame?BibliographyIndex