Fujian People's Government
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Republic of China 中華共和國 Zhōnghuá Gònghéguó Chunghwa Konghekuo | |||||||||
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1933–1934 | |||||||||
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Historical unrecognised state | |||||||||
Capital | Fuzhou Zhangzhou | ||||||||
Common languages | Chinese (Mandarin, Min, Hakka, Gan and Wu), She language | ||||||||
Government | Socialist republic | ||||||||
Chairman of the People's Revolutionary Government Committee | |||||||||
• 1933-1934 | Li Jishen | ||||||||
Chairman of the Presidium of the Chinese National People's Provisional Congress | |||||||||
• 1933-1934 | Huang Qixiang | ||||||||
Chairman of the Military Commission | |||||||||
• 1933-1934 | Li Jishen | ||||||||
Legislature | Congress of Peasants, Workers, Merchants, Students and Soldiers | ||||||||
Historical era | Chinese Civil War | ||||||||
• Formation | 22 November 1933 | ||||||||
• Surrender to the Kuomintang | 13 January 1934 | ||||||||
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Today part of | Fujian (Matsu ) |
The Fujian People's Government (also spelled as the Fukien People's Government, Chinese: 福建人民政府; pinyin: Fújiàn Rénmín Zhèngfǔ), officially the People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China
Background
In November 1933 some leaders of the
The flag was red, symbolizing the
Chen Mingshu led the newly created
The rebels were motivated by, among other things, personal disagreements with Chiang Kai-shek, opposition to perceived
The Kuomintang responded to the rebellion first with air attacks and, in January 1934, a ground offensive that quickly led to the defeat of the formerly prestigious 19th Route Army. On 13 January 1934, the government was defeated and its leaders fled or defected to Chiang Kai-shek's forces.
Notes
- ^ Although the government bore the same English name as Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang regime in Nanjing, i.e. "Republic of China," the Chinese forms names were different: 中華共和國 (Zhōnghuá Gònghéguó, lit. 'Chinese Republic State') for the Fujian People's Government vs. 中華民國 (Zhōnghuá Mínguó, lit. 'Chinese People's State') in Nanjing.
References
- William F. Dorrill. The Fukien Rebellion and the CCP: A Case of Maoist Revisionism The China Quarterly, No. 37. (Jan. - Mar., 1969), pp. 31–53.
- Frederick S. Litten. "The CCP and the Fujian Rebellion." Republican China, vol. XIV, number 1, November 1988, pp. 57–74. Accessed 20 February 2007.