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All other things being equal if instead of massacring the Communists when his troops entered Shanghai, Chiang Kai-shek neither expelled nor purged the Communists in April 1927 what would have been the positive or negative consequences for him and the Chinese Nationalist Party? He may use persuasion, commands, tactics and party discipline to try to constrain or limit Communist measures he deems inappropriate, but not wholesale suppression or expulsion.

Here's the wiki on the OTL anti-Communist purge -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_massacre

Here's the wiki on the northern expedition it interrupted -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Expedition

a) Chiang could have put more warlords out of business permanently

b) Chiang could have advanced into Manchuria with his own forces

c) Chiang could have advanced to Beijing with his own forces

d) Chiang could have gotten the fealty of all northern warlords sooner, by December 1927

e) Warlord counteroffensive of summer 1927 would not have been possible

f) Warlord counteroffensive of summer 1927 would have been shorter or less tactically successful

g) The marriage alliance with the Soongs would not have been possible

h) Gaining donations from Shanghai capitalists or shaking them down would have been harder

i) Britain would have intervened to stop the United Front in 1927 because of CCP participation

j) America would have intervened to stop the United Front in 1927 because of CCP participation

k) Japan would have intervened to stop the United Front because of CCP participation

l) more northern warlords would resist Chiang harder if CCP not purged

m) KMT right-wing would have overthrown "too soft" Chiang

n) Chiang would become unable to ever expel the CCP from the United Front

o) CCP or left-KMT would have overthrown Chiang before a year passed
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