The Communist Party of China (CPC) is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The CPC is the sole governing party within mainland China, permitting only eight other, subordinated parties to co-exist, those making up the United Front. It was founded in 1921, chiefly by Chen Duxiu and Li Dazhao.

China timeline 20th century. By Kitty Chan. 1912. Military revolts (1911-1912) In October of 1911, a group of revolutionaries in southern China led a successful revolt against the Qing Dynasty, establishing in its place the Republic of China and ending the imperial system. Dec 17, 1913. Sun Yatsen Government Fails ...

20 th Century China. New York, N.Y.; Columbia University Press, 1964. Edmund Clubb served twenty years of service in the United States’ State Department concentrating his effort on China. In 20 th Century China, Clubb tries to clarify the events and happenings in China before the 1949. He points out that Sun Yat-sens and the warlords in Peking have two different accounts of …