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For context: the Chinese imperial family had collaborated with the Japanese occupiers which meant even the nationalists fucking hated them. The Romanovs were beloved by the Russian right, hell they still are, a lot of Russian orthodox consider them saints. So any surviving Romanovs could have become symbols the Whites could rally around, that wasn't a risk with Puyi.
The nationalists were supported by the feudal landlords who gained prominence in organizing local resistance during the Taiping rebellion, when the late Qing army was too inept to even fight the rebels.
Ironically, it was under support of the feudal landlords that led to the overthrow the Qing monarchy, but it also tied the KMT to the vested interests of the feudal landlords that would dictate the ultimate defeat of the KMT, as they could not initiate land reform (as the CPC did) without screwing the interests of the landlords.
It is no coincidence that the KMT was finally able to initiate their own land reform after they had retreated to the island of Taiwan, free from the influence of the feudal landlords in the mainland.
The Romanow family are not considered saints, they were canonised as such by the ROC in the early 2000s
Yeah I actually only know about this because I used to work with a guy who was a convert to Russian Orthodoxy. He had a book with a picture of the Romanovs on it, which I thought was weird. At the time I wore my politics on my sleeve a bit more so when I pointed it out he was like "must be awkward for you considering you're a bit of a socialist".
Yeah it was awkward...