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Frank Dikötter alleges Comintern agent from Moscow helped found CCP in 1921

Name: Frank Dikötter alleges Comintern agent from Moscow helped found CCP in 1921
Uploaded: 2026-09-05T18:17:00+00:00
Description: Frank Dikötter alleges the Chinese Communist Party was founded in 1921 with help from Comintern agents, including a Dutch organiser sent from Moscow. He also argues the CCP remained marginal for years, citing about 40,000 members by 1936 in a country of roughly half a billion.

Triggernometry · How China Fakes Its Success with Frank Dikotter · September 5, 2026

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How China Fakes Its Success with Frank Dikotter

""They are established by agents of the common town. Hank Snavely, I'm Dutch. Hank Snavely was Dutch man. They know how to organize things. He is sent by by um by Moscow to establish a Chinese Communist Party, which he does in 1921.""

Frank Dikötter alleges the Chinese Communist Party was founded in 1921 with help from Comintern agents, including a Dutch organiser sent from Moscow. He also argues the CCP remained marginal for years, citing about 40,000 members by 1936 in a country of roughly half a billion.

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