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1921 - The first Congress of the Chinese Communist party - they met in Shanghai on Joyful Undertaking Street - thirteen men including Mao Tse-tung, they were enamored by the success of the 1917 Russian revolution, and convinced that the doctrines of Marx and Lenin were just what was needed in China. But guess what- they were observed by the most militant anti-communist organization in China, a new gangster syndicate called the Green Gang, led by the pure criminal mastermind, Tu Yueh-sheng - "Big-eared" Tu, who got where he was through the patronage of the great detective, Huang Chi-jung -"Pockmarked" Huang. Big-eared Tu, though ugly as a fence post with a lumpy face from childhood beatings, was a man of quick wit, energy, and resourcefulness. He was well-liked by everyone because of his easy manner, generosity, and genuine willingness to help even a downtrodden street vendor. He became a legend for his support of widows, orphans, and men who had lost everything. He also controlled the opium market, and never hesitated to assassinate members of the rival Blue Gang or Red Gang. When Big-eared Tu asked, people answered.
1922 - Sun Yat-sen and Ching-ling are in the south China city of Canton, where to say things were in a chaotic mess would be a gross understatement. Sun had a poorly organized Koumintang army that was up against at least two powerful warlords, as well as a protection force organized by Canton merchants of some 50,000 men. Sun needed help and he got it from Soviet Russia. The Soviet Bolsheviks were hell-bent on
spreading their revolution worldwide and they saw an opportunity in China. Czarist Russia had exploited the Chinese for years and the Bolsheviks made a grand impression by renouncing all Czarist concessions in China including all treaties and agreements between Imperial Russia and Imperial China. Sun Yat-sen was pleased to accept Soviet promises to finance and support Sun's Kuomintang in exchange for an agreement to admit China's fledgling Communist party to th Kuomintang.
