Editing Chen Duxiu (section)

====Founding the Chinese Communist Party====
[[File:Front cover of Constitution of the Communist Party of China 2007.jpg|thumb|Front cover of Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party]]
In 1921, Chen, Li and other prominent revolutionaries (including [[Mao Zedong]]) founded the CCP. It has been generally asserted that the group had diligently studied Marxist theories, inspired by the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]].{{sfn|Chow|2009}} Chen was elected (in absentia) as the first [[General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party|General Secretary]] at the [[1st National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|first party congress]] in Shanghai.{{sfn|Columbia|2001}} He remained the undisputed leader of the party until 1927, and was often referred to as "China's Lenin" during this period.{{sfn|Chow|2009}}

Chen, with Li's assistance, developed a cooperative – and later troublesome – relationship with the [[Communist International]] (Comintern). Over the next decade, the Comintern sought to use the CCP as tools of [[Soviet]] foreign policy, leading to policy disagreements between CCP leaders and Comintern advisors.{{sfn|Columbia|2001}}

By 1922, the party had only about 200 members, not counting those overseas.{{sfn|Spence|1999|p=312}}

[[File:B9523 Chen Duxiu.jpg|thumb|Chen during his arrest in 1921]]