United front (China)

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The united front, officially named the patriotic united front, is a political strategy of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) involving networks of groups and key individuals that are influenced or controlled by the CCP and used to advance its interests. It has historically been a popular front that has included eight legally permitted political parties and people's organizations which have nominal representation in the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC). The CCP first organized the "National Revolution United Front" during the Northern Expedition of 1926–1928 and then the "Workers' and Peasants' Democratic United Front" in the Chinese Soviet Republic era of 1931–1937. Mao Zedong later promoted the "Anti-Japanese National United Front". During the Chinese Civil War, the CCP organized the "people's democratic united front" to overthrow the Kuomintang. In 1966, during the Cultural Revolution, the "people's democratic united front...

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