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Wuhan government of the Republic of China

The Wuhan government (Chinese: 武漢政府) of the Republic of China (Chinese: 中華民國), was established by the left-wing of the Kuomintang in Wuhan following the capture of the city during the . The government was eventually dissolved and reconciled with the Nanjing faction after the Kuomintang's purge of Chinese Communist Party members and the conclusion of the Nanjing–Wuhan split.
Following the capture of Wuhan during the , the Nationalist government based in Guangzhou moved there in December 1926. In April 1927, after National Revolutionary Army (NRA) commander-in-chief Chiang Kai-shek purged communists and leftists in the Shanghai massacre, the Wuhan government split with Chiang in what is known as the "Nanjing–Wuhan split" (Chinese: 寧漢分裂). Chiang subsequently formed his own government in Nanjing. While Chiang continued the Northern Expedition on his own, increasing tensions between communists and the KMT in the Wuhan government resulted in a new purge of communists from that government, and an eventual reconciliation with the Nanjing faction, after which the government moved to Nanjing.