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| Chairman Executive Kai Shek Kai-Shek, Chiang |  |
| Appointed Chairman of the Executive of the Yuan National Government, 1st term |
| Chairman KMT Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Appointed Party Leader of the KMT |
| Conference of Zunyi Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Zunyi The Zunyi Conference establishes Mao's ascendancy within the Chinese Communist Party |
| Diplomacy Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Adopts a policy of placating the Japanese |
| Expulsion Communist Party En-Lai, Chou | |
| Expelled for backing Mao in the Long March by the rival faction led by Zhang Guotao |
| Government Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Shensi Reaches Shensi & establishes a new Government at Yenan |
| Yenan Bases a new Government on peasants rather than the working class |
| Head of State Kai-Shek, Chiang | |
| Appointed Head-of-State for China |
| Long March Kang, Kao | |
| 30th Oct Shensi Mao reaches the nth Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang |
| Long March Kuo-t'ao, Chang | |
| 12th June Mouking The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| Aug Mouking The Red Army begins its march across eastern Tibet at Mao's suggestion |
| Sep Mouking Takes a different route to Mao across the eastern Tibetan grasslands |
| Long March Lung, Ho | |
| Nov Leads the 1st Front Army on its Long March route |
| Long March Teh, Chu | |
| 12th June Mouking The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| Long March Tse-Tung, Mao | |
| Leads the Red Army against Nationalists led by Chiang Kai-Shek |
| 30th May River Tatu The Red Army crosses the Tatu River |
| 12th June Great Snow Mnts The Red Army crosses the Great Snow Mountains |
| 12th June Moukung The Communist 4th Front Army joins up with Mao, Chu Teh & the 1st Front Army |
| Aug Moukung The Red Army begins its march across eastern Tibet at Mao's suggestion |
| 18th Sep Kansu Province Defeats nationalist troops in Kansu Province |
| 30th Oct Shensi Mao reaches the nth Shensi Soviet area supervised by Kao Kang |
| 30th Oct Shensi The end of the Long March for the 1st Front Army |
