| Wang Ming was one of the main leaders in the history of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Although he dedicated himself to the development of the CCP when being a leader, and the contribution that he made to the establishment of anti-Japanese united front was especially noticeable, all these achievements could not cover up the mistakes he made, such as the third leftism mistake he made when leading the Agarian Revolution and the rightism mistake he made during the initial period of Anti-Japanese War. Such mistakes did great harm to the cause of Chinese revolution. Different from other CCP leaders in their political career development, Wang Ming could be the leader controlling Chinese revolution for four years, neither due to his revolutionary experience nor political ability, but due to the substantial support given by the Communist International (CI).The CI’s attitude towards Wang Ming underwent great changes, i. e. the CI initially paid attention to him, and then gave support to him but finally gave up on him. Such attitudinal changes not only exerted a great influence on Wang’ s political career, but they also played a significant role in the development of Chinese revolution. Wang began to attract attention from the CI when he was studying in Sun Yat-sen University of Moscow. After coming back to China, Wang intensely opposed Lisan Route and Harmonic doctrine, guarding the route and reputation of the CI, which made this unknown young student gain the recognition and appreciation from the CI. In January,1931, with support from Pavel Mif, representative of the CI, Wang Ming, who formerly had not even been a member of Central Committee, then directly became one of the highest-ranking leaders in the CCP, and actually obtained the leadership of the Party Central Committee. Subsequently Wang Ming went to Moscow to work as the head of the CCP delegation in the Communist International, during which he did his utmost to carry out the instructions given by the CI. As the situation of Anti-Japanese War became clearer, he made great contribution to the formulation of anti-Japanese national united front policy and thus received considerable publicity on the stage of international revolution. However, when Wang Ming returned to China for the second time, the CI, once fully supportive of Wang Ming, clearly required him not to seize power over leadership position in the CCP and it backed up Mao Zedong as the leader of the CCP.There are multiple reasons why the CI gave up on Wang Ming in 1937, who had not disobeyed its instructions. First and foremost, the CCP, after experiencing ups and downs for years, became gradually mature, and furthermore, in Zunyi Meeting, the CCP had established its collective leadership with Mao Zedong as its actual head. Therefore, the CI’s ability to interfere in the internal affairs of the CCP declined. Additionally, great changes had taken place concerning the internal and external situations of the CI, and accordingly, the CI had no time and energy to take into consideration the organization development of the CCP. The third reason lies in Wang Ming’s ideological line and his defects of character. Finally, the speeches in the CI delivered by Chen Yun, Wang Jiaxiang, and Ren Bishi exerted great influence on the transformation of the CI’s attitude towards Wang Ming. |
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