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The 'Zhongshan Warship Incident', or March 20th Incident, on March 20, 1926, involved a suspected plot by Captain Li Zhilong of the warship Zhongshan to kidnap Chiang Kai-shek. It triggered a political stuggle between the Communist Party of China and Kuomintang Left wing led by Wang Jingwei against Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang Right wing faction resulting in Chiang becoming the head of the Kuomintang party and commander-in-chief of all the armies for the Northern Expedition.

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★ Warlord Era

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★ THE COMMUNIST INTERNATIONAL AND THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY

★ TRAGEDY OF CHINESE REVOLUTION, Zhongshan Warship Incident