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The '''Communist Party of China (CPC)''', also known as the '''Chinese Communist Party (CCP)''',<ref name="Black Cross 4">''[[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross]]'' #004</ref> is the [[Communism|Marxist-Leninist]] party which founded and governs the {{wiki|People's Republic of China}}, a totalitarian state which rules over [[China]] in the [[modern times|present day]].

In the days of the [[Warlord Era]], the CCP were allied with the [[Kuomintang|Nationalist Party]] (KMT) which, under Generalissimo [[Chiang Kai-shek]], was keen on reunifying the country from its base in southern China. Communists in [[Shanghai]] eagerly awaited the forces of the KMT's [[Northern Expedition]], believing that they were the reinforcements needed to capture the city together. Upon their arrival on 12 April 1927, however, the KMT immediately executed an [[Shanghai massacre of 1927|indiscriminate massacre]] of the communists with the aid of [[Du Yuesheng]]'s [[Green Gang]] notwithstanding. Chiang had orchestrated the slaughter as a preemptive strike against the CCP to signal his definitive severance of their alliance.<ref name="Black Cross">''[[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross]]''</ref> The event is traditionally treated as the start of the [[Chinese Civil War]] between the KMT and CCP although the Civil War was in fact the last phase in a prolonged period of armed conflict between factions vying for power with the fall of the [[Qing dynasty]].{{Fact|7 March 2021}}

After a lull in the civil war during [[World War II]], the CCP achieved victory against the KMT by seizing the entirety of {{wiki|Mainland China}} and forcing Chiang Kai-shek to flee with his remaining forces to {{wiki|Taiwan}}. [[Mao Zedong]], as Chairman of the CCP, then established the People's Republic of China on 1 October 1949.{{Fact|7 March 2021}}

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed Templars Volume 1: Black Cross]]''

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