jan 1, 1920 - 1920s

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China asked for help from the soviet union who helped them with technical, political, and military advisors to help build a modern chinese army. In 1926 chiang began a military campaign against the warlords called the northern expedition. The chinese army won and and took control of Hunan province and the cities of the wuhan Area. In 1927 chiang expelled all soviet advisers from the courty and moved against the party’s left-wing members. The chinese attacked the communist stronghold of shanghai. They defeated the communists and established a Nationalist government in Nanjing.

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