In the 1920's China had a feudal warlord type system with many factions competing for power. You could count the number of communists in china on one hand (by Chinese population standards). China, sluggish with a Quing based neo-confucian hangover, was slow to respond to the industrial revolution and the Imperial Japanese exploited the technology to conquer much of China. WWII is fought and ends, and in the ensuing political chaos the communists, a mere 36000 in number in the 1930's, seize power.
The following Reuters article describes the return of "warlord" types to the Chinese political scene:
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/11/25/us-china-congress-princelings-idUSBRE8AO0CG20121125
There are several warlord era movies of modern production that are, imo, quite good. Donnie Yen, an awesome martial artist, plays in several. I will mention "Bodyguards and Assassins" and "IP Man" as good examples (IP Man is set during the early stages of Japanese occupation).
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