The historical origins of the Communist Party of China lie in the heroic struggles of the peasants throughout Chinese history who have been the driving force behind China's development and progress. The immediate precursors were the revolutionary democratic Taiping Rebellion and the anti-imperialist Boxer rebellion. Combining republican, nationalist, and socialist objectives, the Tongmenghui's political platform was "To expel the northern barbarians and to revive Zhonghua, to establish a republic, and to distribute land equally among the people." (Chinese: 驅除韃虜，恢復中華，創立民國，平均地權)