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For a while, Mao remained in Shanghai, an important city that the CPC emphasized for the Revolution.

However, the Party encountered major difficulties organizing labor union movements and building a relationship with its nationalist ally, the KMT.

The Party had become poor, and Mao was disillusioned with the revolution and moved back to Shaoshan.

During his stay at home, Mao's interest in the revolution was rekindled after hearing of the 1925 uprisings in Shanghai and Guangzhou.

His political ambitions returned, and he then went to Guangdong, the base of the Kuomintang, to take part in the preparations for the second session of the National Congress of Kuomintang.

In October 1925, Mao became acting Propaganda Director of the Kuomintang.