Jiaochangkou Incident

The Jiaochangkou Incident was a political riot that took place on 10 February 1946 in Yuzhong District, Chongqing, China.

Background

On 10 October 1945, the Nationalist government (Kuomintang or KMT) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) signed the Double Tenth Agreement. One of the terms in the agreement was to hold Political Consultative Conference (PCC) as soon as possible, which were series of multi-party talks to discuss political reforms in postwar China. The CPC organized many support meetings for these conference across the country, which were routinely disrupted by the secret police of the Nationalist government attempting to encourage anti-CPC sentiments.[1]

The incident

On 10 February, elements of different associations affiliated with the CPC held a meeting in Chongqing to celebrate the success of PCC. The Nationalist government agents soon entered the meeting place and began attacking other participants that were present before leaving the scene.[1] After the incident, Zhou Enlai protested to Chiang Kai-shek in person, only to have his complaint dismissed in return.[2]

Aftermath

After the incident, the CPC were convinced that peaceful settlements with the Nationalist government was no longer an option. Mao Zedong claimed that Chiang Kai-shek was not interested in forming a coalition government, and therefore the only way for the CPC to survive is to win their revolution "on the battlefield".[3]

References

Citations

  1. 1 2 Groot 2004, p. 42.
  2. ↑ Yang, Kui Song (October 30, 2012). "周恩来抗议"较场口血案"反遭蒋介石谩骂". news.ifeng.com. Retrieved 26 January 2018.
  3. ↑ Sheng 1997, p. 127.

Bibliography

  • Groot, Gerry (February 24, 2004). Managing Transitions: The Chinese Communist Party, United Front Work, Corporatism and Hegemony. New York: Routledge. ISBN 1135952930.
  • Sheng, Michael M. (November 30, 1997). Battling Western Imperialism: Mao, Stalin, and the United States. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN 0691016356.
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