# Canonical recap data for Chinese Civil War Begins (1927)
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slug: chinese-civil-war-begins
canonicalUrl: "https://recap.at/1927/chinese-civil-war-begins"
title: Chinese Civil War Begins
subtitle: The split between Nationalist and Communist forces initiated a two-decade conflict that would reshape East Asia and culminate in Communist victory.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1927-08-01
datePrecision: day
year: 1927
decade: 1920
country:
name: China
slug: china
summaryShort: The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 until Communist victory resulted in their near-complete control over mainland China on 10 December 1949.
summaryLong: The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermittently from 1 August 1927 until Communist victory resulted in their near-complete control over mainland China on 10 December 1949.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Battle_of_Siping03.jpg/1280px-Battle_of_Siping03.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Wikipedia · "Chinese Civil War"
importance: 85
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War"
  title: Chinese Civil War
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- war
metaDescription: The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed confl
wikidataQid: Q179975
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260628194534/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-28
  label: Chinese Civil War
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_Civil_War"
taxonomy:
domain: military
eventTypes:
- civil_war
- war
canonicalClasses:
- conflict
- collapse
- transformation
impactRadius: national
velocity: gradual
predictability: forecastable
intentionality: coordinated
domainCoupling: multi_domain
