China: Sculpture of conference participants (Mao is seated smoking on the right), Zunyi Conference Hall Revolutionary Museum, Zunyi, Guizhou Province

The Zunyi Conference (simplified Chinese: 遵义会议; traditional Chinese: 遵義會議; pinyin: Zūnyì huìyì) was a meeting of the Communist Party of China (CPC) in January 1935 during the Long March. This meeting involved a power struggle between the leadership of Bo Gu and Otto Braun and the opposition led by Mao Zedong. The result was that Mao left the meeting in position to take over military command and become the leader of the Communist Party. The conference was completely unacknowledged until the 1950s and still no detailed descriptions were available until the fiftieth anniversary in 1985.

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CPA Media Co. Ltd.

Photographer:

David Henley

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Pictures From Asia

Theme:

REVOLUTIONARY CHINA