South Seas Communist Party

The South Seas Communist Party (SSCP), also known as the Nanyang Communist Party (Template:Lang-zh), was a communist party across the countries and European colonies in Southeast Asia. The SSCP was established by members of the overseas branch of the Chinese Communist Party and left-wing members of Kuomintang in 1928. The SSCP ceased to exist in 1930, and was succeeded by the Malayan Communist Party and Communist Party of Thailand.

History

An overseas branch of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Nanyang Regional, was established in Singapore in 1926.Template:Sfn Within the Kuomintang there was a left-wing faction. The Malayan Revolution Committee and the South Seas General Labour Union in Singapore were founded in the 1920s. Left-wing members of the Kuomintang left and formed the South Seas Communist Party (SSCP) or Nanyang Communist Party in 1928.Template:Sfn The South Seas General Labour UnionTemplate:Sfn and Nanyang Regionalin Singapore also participated in the formation of the SSCP.Template:Sfn

The SSCP branch in Thailand was managed from Singapore. This organisation later became the Communist Party of Thailand, but was almost entirely Vietnamese with only 5-7 Thai being recruited from 1930 to 1936.Template:Sfn

The British believed that the SSCP was controlled by the CCP and was active in Thailand, Burma, and the colonies of the British, Dutch, and French.Template:Sfn

At the Third Representatives' CongressTemplate:Sfn on 28 April 1930, the SSCP was transformed into the Malayan Communist Party.Template:Sfn Communist parties in Thailand and the Dutch East Indies were under the command of the MCP.Template:Sfn

See also

• History of the Chinese Communist Party

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