Nanjing Split

The Nanjing Split was a series of events, starting from a pro-monarchist student protest which snowballed into a complete collapse of the Chinese status quo in 1928. The Split had many causes, and in the aftermath China would never look the same, indirectly or directly causing the rise of the Chinese Mountain Rebels, the severe weakening of the nationalist KMT in the mainland, the proclamation of the Republic of East Turkestan, and paving the way for Japan to further expand their influence in China.
== Prelude ==
The situation in China had gone from bad to worse in the late 1910s to the 1920s. From the end of the Cairo War the balance of power in China was greatly upset, as the British were fully expelled out of China, but in that power vacuum came the Japanese, who seized British colonies and assets and greatly expanded their influence in Chinese politics. At first, this resulted in a battleground in China, a proxy war by all accounts between Japan and an alliance of Russia and the United States (de-jure this alliance didn't exist, but it is called that as the USA and Russia became allies against Japanese imperialism. Different warlords fought each other, and for many fatigue began to set it, tired of constant war between 3 superpowers. By around the early 1920s, several groups formed together, at first pacifist organizations who wanted war to end, but these groups soon radicalized and embraced reactionary politics. One of these groups, a prequel to the Nanjing Royalist Party stated "The reason our nation is in this mess, this never ending conflict between Russia, America and Japan is due to the inherit problems of Republicanism. It is a failed experiment, and serves as a permanent reminder that Republicanism is not meant to help the average working man, family or modernize Chinese society".
== The start of revolution ==
== The end of the status quo ==
== Aftermath ==