The Nanchang Uprising in 1927 was the first military action by the Red Army in China’s Civil War, which led to the founding of the People’s Liberation Army.
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In 1921, a meeting, initially held in Shanghai and then transferred to a boat on Nanhu Lake (around 60 miles from Shanghai), marked the founding of the Communist Party of China.
See how this event was memorialized in art.