In what year did the Liberation Army defeat the KMT ?
The twin rival KMT governments , known as the Ninghan ( Nanjing and Wuhan ) Split ( Chinese : 宁汉分裂 ) , did not last long because the Wuhan Kuomintang also began to violently purge Communists as well after Wang found out about Stalin 's secret order to Borodin to organize CCP 's efforts to overthrow the left - wing KMT and take over the Wuhan government .