Nationalist Party
Started by Sun Yat-sen Led by Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek Popular among Middle class Dominated from 1928-1949 Army: National Revolutionary Army |
Communist Party
Founded by Young Radicals Led by Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping Popular among peasants In power from 1949 to the present Army: People's Liberation Army |
Party Rivalry
The Nationalists and the Communists were alliances in 1923 until they began to see one another as threats, and so began their struggle for power in China.