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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Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-communist campaign ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
mass killing ⓘ
political purge ⓘ
alsoKnownAs April 12 Incident ⓘ
April 12 Purge ⓘ
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 French Concession, Shanghai ⓘ
Shanghai ⓘ
Shanghai International Settlement ⓘ
mainPerpetrator Chiang Kai-shek ⓘ
Green Gang ⓘ
Kuomintang right wing ⓘ
linked to: Kuomintang

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 (1911–1949) ⓘ
linked to: Chinese Revolution
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 ⓘ
linked to: 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 coup ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
La Condition humaine → depictsEvent → Shanghai insurrection of 1927 ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre 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 ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
Canton Uprising → precededBy → Shanghai Massacre of 1927 ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
Canton Commune → precededBy → Shanghai Massacre of 1927 ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
April 12 Incident → alsoKnownAs → Shanghai Massacre of 1927 ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
April 12 Incident → alsoKnownAs → 1927 Shanghai Coup ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
April 12 Purge → alsoKnownAs → Shanghai Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
April 12 Purge → alsoKnownAs → 1927 Shanghai Massacre ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
Green Gang → involvedInEvent → 1927 Shanghai massacre ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
Shanghai General Labor Union → involvedIn → Shanghai workers' strikes ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
Kyo Gisors → participatesInFictionalEvent → Shanghai insurrection of 1927 ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
Man's Fate (stage adaptations) → depictsEvent → 1927 Shanghai uprising ⓘ
linked to: Shanghai massacre of 1927
Chinese Revolution of 1925–1927 → hasPart → Shanghai massacre of 1927 ⓘ
Chinese Revolution of 1925–1927 → significantEvent → Shanghai massacre of 1927 ⓘ