The Archive · 1927

Chang Fa-kuei's Defection

When it was recently announced that Wang Ching-wei and Li Eh' hsin wore travelling together Shanghai to arrange terms for their ation in the 4th Kuomintang, Conference at Nanking, we expressed our surprise editorially, not only that "left" and "right! wing" leaders should be travelling together but that General Li should risk another absence from Canton wile Chang Fa-kuei stayed behind ith ample opportunity to conspire against his rival. It appears that General Li had no intention of Yeaving Chang Fa-kuei behind but Tactics of Wang Ching-wei bat agreed to come north on con-jon that General Chang. Fa-kuei come with him, which che, Cantoneve general faithfully promived to do, Me was to have met Wang Ching-wei, his senior in the "left wing" group and General Li his rival at Hongtong and ta passage on the same steamer with them." Ie conveniently missed the tat" and almost immediately engineered the coup ~hich leaves General Li, now in Zaanghai, w cut a realm to rule and makes Mr.

Wang Ching-wei the plenipotentiary

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