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 .

His son , Zhang Xueliang , took over Change_of_leadership as the leader of the Fengtian clique , and in December 1928 , announced Expressing_publicly that Manchuria would accept the authority of the nationalist government in Nanjing .

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 .

Initially the Japanese scored Getting major victories , capturing Conquering Beijing , Shanghai and the Chinese capital of Nanjing in 1937 .