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  • Changsha, Hunan, China
    Saturday Jul 23, 1921
    Mao Zedong

    Mao set up a Changsha branch of The Communist Party of China

    Changsha, Hunan, China
    Saturday Jul 23, 1921

    The Communist Party of China was founded by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao in the French concession of Shanghai in 1921 as a study society and informal network. Mao set up a Changsha branch, also establishing a branch of the Socialist Youth Corps.




  • Shanghai, China
    Saturday Jul 23, 1921
    Mao Zedong

    The First Session of The National Congress of The Communist Party of China

    Shanghai, China
    Saturday Jul 23, 1921

    it was decided to hold a central meeting, which began in Shanghai on July 23, 1921. The first session of the National Congress of the Communist Party of China was attended by 13 delegates, Mao included.After the authorities sent a police spy to the congress, the delegates moved to a boat on South Lake near Jiaxing, in Zhejiang, to escape detection.




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