Not a CPC member, it was a Korean communist party member. The CPC were allies and it was their control of the neighbouring territory that kept the KMT from being a problem for the anarchists, and also kept the Korean communists from being belligerent. Mao liked them. The CPC however were pushed out of the region by the KMT and then everything that followed occurred.
It is truer to argue that this anarchist zone only existed successfully because it had the CPC as its friendly neighbour to keep it safe. As soon as it lost that neighbour it lost the ability to defend itself.
Not a CPC member, it was a Korean communist party member. The CPC were allies and it was their control of the neighbouring territory that kept the KMT from being a problem for the anarchists, and also kept the Korean communists from being belligerent. Mao liked them. The CPC however were pushed out of the region by the KMT and then everything that followed occurred.
It is truer to argue that this anarchist zone only existed successfully because it had the CPC as its friendly neighbour to keep it safe. As soon as it lost that neighbour it lost the ability to defend itself.
Thank you for the correction. I should have looked it up first.