Japanese militarism was setting its sights on China; Manchuria was already in Japanese hands. War was imminent. The Communist Party, basing its appeal on rural revolution and communist internationalism, was waiting for its opportunity.
民國二十四年，主張全面侵華的日本軍國主義派得勢，東三省已經淪陷，一場無法避免的惡戰似乎就在門口，而中國內部，以農民革命和共產國際相號召的中國共產黨也在尋找它的機會。