You can start here and work outwards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_clique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_clique I am not a historian, but I

You can start here and work outwards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_clique https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanghai_clique I am not a historian, but I have always found diversity of thought inside large political bodies: Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Jimintou, etc. Surely if you have a large political party where you are from, you have also seen that they have factions as well?