Yangjiang Massacre
| Yangjiang Massacre | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Politicide, Mass killing, Massacre | |
| Deaths | 3,573 |
| Perpetrator | Chinese Communist Party, local Revolutionary Committees |
| Motive | Cultural Revolution instigated by Mao Zedong |
The Yangjiang Massacre (
Yangchun County began on September 23, 1967, killing 2,664 people in total.[1][2][5][6][7] During the massacre, methods of slaughter included beating with hoes or clubs, gun shooting, drowning, stabbing, stoning, exploding with fireworks, burning with kerosene, live burial, and so on.[1][3]
From May 11 to 15, 1968, the directors of
Central Committee of CPC and the local military committees to take multiple interventions using the People's Liberation Army, but the massacre did not completely stop until mid-January 1969.[1][3]
See also
References
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- ^ a b Song, Yongyi (2011-08-25). "Chronology of Mass Killings during the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976)". Sciences Po. Retrieved 2021-06-26.
- ^ a b c d e f Yang, Jisheng (2017-07-04). 天地翻覆: 中国文化大革命历史 (in Chinese). 天地图书.
- ^ Li, Jinwei (1970). Hong wei bing xu bian (in Chinese (Taiwan)).
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- ^ ISBN 978-0-8047-5350-0.
- ^ a b Su, Yang (2003). State Sponsorship Or State Failure?: Mass Killings in Rural China, 1967-68. Center for the Study of Democracy.
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