A Study on the Early Dissemination of Lenin's Theory of Nation and Colonial Issues in China

In July 1920, the Second Congress of the Communist International was convened. The conference adopted a series of documents on "national colonial issues," which were particularly timely for China, which urgently needed to resolve its colonial problems. However, it was not until the Second National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party two years later that this theoretical achievement was incorporated. While academia has long attributed this delay to dissemination time, growing evidence indicates that Lenin's theory of national colonies was introduced to China even earlier than the convening of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. Through research on early materials from both the Communist International and the Chinese Communist Party, this study further narrows the temporal scope and analyzes the specific reasons behind this outcome from two aspects: the Communist International and the Chinese Communist Party.