Following world war ii, why was the kuomintang in far worse shape than the communist party of china even though both fought against the japanese?
the cpc ended up with a lot more men.
chiang kai-shek died during the war.
the kuomintang did most of the fighting.
mao zedong received a lot more aid.

I believe the answer is: The Kuomintang did most of the fighting.
At that time, members of China's communist party decided to run and hid in mountain and let the Kuomintang handles most of the confrontation.
Because of this, the communist party ended up with the most power after the war is over and managed to control China.