Chapter 375 – The Invitation

(My my, Chiang Kai-shek has been losing so badly that now they have enough breathing room to start fighting among themselves. That’s so typical of the left.)

In late October 1934, around the time Gandhi retired in India and Jawaharlal Nehru became the leader of the Indian National Congress, while the preliminary negotiations for the Second London Naval Conference were beginning in earnest in London, Chiang Kai-shek’s forces were once again being defeated by the Chinese Communist Party in the inland regions of central China.

Moreover, after repelling Chiang Kai-shek’s offensive, the Chinese Soviet found itself embroiled in an internal power struggle. One faction, the extreme left, insisted on ignoring present realities, while another sought to expand its influence in a manner that reflected the actual situation.

Even so, the Communist Party was steadily expanding its territory. Deep in the mountains south of the