Xi’an Incident

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coup historical event political crisis

The Xi’an Incident was a 1936 political crisis in which Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek was detained by his own generals, forcing him to agree to a united front with the Chinese Communists against Japanese aggression.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Xi'an Incident	15
Xi’an Incident canonical	6
Xi'an Incident (political involvement)	1
Xi’an Coup	1
西安事变	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	coup ⓘ historical event ⓘ political crisis ⓘ
aftermath	Yang Hucheng later purged and executed ⓘ Zhang Xueliang ⓘ surface form: Zhang Xueliang placed under house arrest
alsoKnownAs	Sian Incident ⓘ Xi’an Incident ⓘ surface form: Xi’an Coup
chronology	occurred before full-scale Japanese invasion in 1937 ⓘ
country	Republic of China ⓘ
detainedBy	Yang Hucheng ⓘ Zhang Xueliang ⓘ
detainedPerson	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
endDate	1936-12-25 ⓘ
hasCause	Chiang Kai-shek’s policy of first suppressing the Chinese Communists ⓘ disagreement over strategy against Japan ⓘ
hasEffect	Chiang Kai-shek’s public commitment to resist Japanese aggression ⓘ formation of the Second United Front ⓘ shift of Nationalist focus from civil war to resisting Japan ⓘ strengthening of Chinese Communist Party political position ⓘ temporary Kuomintang–Chinese Communist Party cooperation ⓘ
location	China ⓘ Shaanxi Province ⓘ surface form: Shaanxi X’ian, China ⓘ surface form: Xi’an
mainSubject	Chinese Civil War ⓘ Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) ⓘ surface form: Second Sino-Japanese War Second United Front ⓘ
negotiatedBy	Mei-ling ⓘ surface form: Song Meiling Song Ziwen ⓘ Zhou Enlai ⓘ
participant	Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ Chinese Communist Party ⓘ Kuomintang ⓘ Mao Zedong ⓘ National Revolutionary Army ⓘ Yang Hucheng ⓘ Zhang Xueliang ⓘ Zhou Enlai ⓘ
partOf	history of the Republic of China (1912–1949) ⓘ prelude to the Second Sino-Japanese War ⓘ
relatedTo	Long March ⓘ Marco Polo Bridge Incident ⓘ
result	Chiang Kai-shek agrees to cooperate with Chinese Communists ⓘ Chiang Kai-shek released ⓘ establishment of a united front against Japan ⓘ
significance	ended Nationalist policy of prioritizing civil war over resistance to Japan ⓘ turning point in modern Chinese history ⓘ
startDate	1936-12-12 ⓘ
year	1936 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second United Front → hasCause → Xi’an Incident ⓘ

Second United Front → significantEvent → Xi’an Incident ⓘ

Chinese Civil War (early phase) → hasKeyEvent → Xi’an Incident ⓘ