Shanghai massacre of 1927

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The Shanghai massacre of 1927 was a violent purge in which Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist forces brutally suppressed and killed thousands of Communists and labor activists in Shanghai, decisively rupturing the First United Front and escalating the Chinese Civil War.

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Shanghai massacre of 1927 canonical 6
Shanghai Massacre of 1927 2
Shanghai coup 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-communist campaign
historical event
mass killing
political purge
alsoKnownAs April 12 Incident
April 12 Purge
Shanghai massacre of 1927
surface form: Shanghai coup
country Republic of China
date 1927-04-12
endDate 1927-04-13
followedBy Autumn Harvest Uprising
Nanchang Uprising
wider anti-communist purges across China in 1927
hasCause anti-communist policies of Chiang Kai-shek
breakdown of the First United Front
fear of growing Communist influence in urban labor unions
power struggle within the Kuomintang
ideology anti-communism
right-wing nationalism
location Former French Concession
surface form: French Concession, Shanghai

Shanghai
Shanghai International Settlement
mainPerpetrator Chiang Kai-shek
Green Gang
Kuomintang
surface form: Kuomintang right wing

Chinese National Revolutionary Army divisions
surface form: National Revolutionary Army units loyal to Chiang Kai-shek

Shanghai police forces aligned with the Kuomintang
method disarming of workers’ militias
mass arrests
raids on union offices and Communist organizations
summary executions
numberOfDeaths at least several hundred executed in the first days
thousands
opponent Chinese Communist Party
Shanghai General Labor Union
left-wing Kuomintang faction in Wuhan
partOf Chinese Civil War
Chinese Revolution
surface form: Chinese Revolution (1911–1949)
politicalContext end of cooperation between Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party
split between left and right factions of the Kuomintang
precededBy Northern Expedition
Shanghai workers’ armed uprisings of March 1927
result collapse of the First United Front between Kuomintang and Chinese Communist Party
escalation of the Chinese Civil War
establishment of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nanjing government
expulsion of Communists from the Kuomintang
radicalization of the Chinese Communist Party
shift of Communist strategy toward rural armed struggle
suppression of Shanghai labor movement
significance consolidation of Chiang Kai-shek’s leadership of the Kuomintang
decisive rupture of the First United Front
key event in the early phase of the Chinese Civil War
turning point in modern Chinese political history
startDate 1927-04-12
targetedGroup Communist sympathizers in Shanghai
organized labor in Shanghai
timePeriod Chinese Civil War
Nanjing decade
victim Chinese Communist Party members
labor union activists
left-wing Kuomintang members
striking workers
suspected communists

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Chinese Civil War (early phase) hasCause Shanghai massacre of 1927
Chinese Civil War (early phase) hasKeyEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
Northern Expedition significantEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
this entity surface form: Shanghai Massacre of 1927
First United Front dissolvedBy Shanghai massacre of 1927
Nanjing decade significantEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
Shanghai massacre of 1927 alsoKnownAs Shanghai massacre of 1927
this entity surface form: Shanghai coup
La Condition humaine depictsEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
this entity surface form: Shanghai insurrection of 1927
Chinese Civil War precededBy Shanghai massacre of 1927
Shanghai International Settlement significantEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
Republican era significantEvent Shanghai massacre of 1927
this entity surface form: Shanghai Massacre of 1927