Guangzhou Uprising
By 15 July 1927, the Wuhan regime had also expelled the Communists in its ranks, effectively ending the First United Front, a working alliance of the KMT and the CPC under the tutelage of Comintern agents. For the remainder of 1927, the CPC launched uprisings to regain power, marking the beginning of the Chinese Civil War. With the failure of the Guangzhou Uprising however, the Communist power was largely diminished, unable to launch another major urban offensive.