Editing Long March (section)

=== 1920s–1934 ===
* 23 July 1921: The [[Chinese Communist Party]] is formally founded.
* 1928: The CCP's [[Chinese Red Army|Red Army]] is founded, concentrated in Jiangxi and Fujian.
* 7 November 1931: The [[Jiangxi–Fujian Soviet]] is founded by Mao Zedong and Zhu De in the capital of Ruijin, as the first member of the [[Chinese Soviet Republic]].
* December 1931: Zhou Enlai arrives in Ruijin, replacing Mao as political commissar of the Red Army.
* October 1932: At the [[Ningdu Conference]], the majority of Red Army leaders criticize Mao's tactics. Mao is demoted to a figurehead status.
* 1933: [[Bo Gu]] and [[Otto Braun (communist)|Otto Braun]] arrive from the USSR, reorganize the Red Army, and take control of Party affairs. Four successive encirclement campaigns by the Nationalists are defeated.
* 25 September 1933: The [[Fifth Encirclement Campaign against Jiangxi Soviet|Fifth Encirclement Campaign]] begins, with Bo and Braun eventually defeated in October 1934.
* 10 October 1934: The First Red Army, consisting of 130,000 soldiers and civilians led by Bo and Braun, begins the Long March, departing from Yudu in Jiangxi.
* 25 December–3 November 1934: The First Army fights the Nationalists at the Battle of [[Xiang River]].