You mean apart from being massively outmanned and outgunned?

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Retardation on the Americans part.

And the fact that Soviets let the communists base out of Manchuria.

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not eradicating communitsts earlier

No one gave a shit about China after the war, other than the Soviets.

Million Soviet Soldiers were already in China at the end of ww2.

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Totally corrupt, incompetent government officials who embezzled the majority of desperately needed foreign aid.

Capitulation to the Japanese every step of the way and refusing to actually fight them when they finally invaded.

Mass executions, forced conscription and general violent authoritarianism made an already extremely unpopular leader one of most hated men in China.

Really, there was nothing that went right.