The government of the Republic of China ( RoC ) , controlled Control by Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang ( KMT ) , and 1.3 million anti-Communist Chinese supporters fled Escaping from mainland China .

In turn , the DPP proposal was turned down Agree_or_refuse_to_act by the KMT .

The first phase ended Process_end in a 1927 political split between two factions of the KMT : the right-leaning Nanjing faction , led by Chiang , and the left-leaning faction in Wuhan , led by Wang Jingwei .

The split was partially motivated by Chiang 's purging of communists within the KMT , which marked Recording the end Process_end of the First United Front .

With the final piece of China under KMT control Control , the Northern Expedition concluded Process_end successfully and China was reunified Recovering , heralding the start Process_start of the Nanjing decade .