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Focuses on the political division in China. Inauguration of Sun Yat Sen in Canton as the president of all China; Difference between the Peking and Canton governments; Conflict between the conservatives and progressives; Plan to introduce local self-government and universal primary education in Canton; Suggestion that the de facto Peking government represents the cause of national unity while the southern government represents a perpetuation of that division of China; Foreign recognition of the Peking government and recognition of the southern government as a revolutionary government.

Features Premier Chou En-Lai, the only person who can outrank Mao Tse Tung in party seniority and service record. Family and educational background of Chou; Characteristics of Chou which make him express the emotional patriotism of students; Contributions of Chou to the Red Army and to Chinese Communist Party (CCP); Role of Chou in controlling the uprisings in Canton; Strength of Chou which differentiates him from Mao.