following the start of the chinese civil war between the communist party of china and the kuomintang in 1927, mao zedong continued publishing political works. among these were "why is it that red political power can exist in china?", "the struggle in the chingkang mountains", "the second anniversary of an wu-ching's martyrdom", and "on correcting mistaken ideas in the party". these four works were published between 1928 and 1929.