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Events on Thursday 17 January 1935 1
1935Zunyi ConferenceMao Zedong gains influence in the Chinese Communist PartyChinese Communist leaders met in Zunyi, Guizhou, during the Long March. They criticised the military leadership of Bo Gu and Otto Braun. Mao Zedong emerged with greater influence over military strategy, which set him on the path to leading the party.