Anti-Chen propaganda poster published by the Wuhan Iron and Steel Corporation in 1967.
The Wuhan incident (Chinese: 七二零事件; pinyin: Qī èrlíng shìjiàn; lit. 'July 20th Incident') was an armed conflict in the People's Republic of China between two hostile groups who were fighting for control over the city of Wuhan in July 1967, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. The two opposing forces were the "Million Heroes" (Chinese: 百万雄师; pinyin: Bǎi wàn xióngshī) and the "Wuhan Workers' General Headquarters" (Chinese: 工人总部; pinyin: Gōngrén zǒngbù). The former, numbering about 500,000 people, comprised mainly skilled workers, state and local party employees, and were supported by the local PLA, led by the commander of Wuhan Military Region, General Chen Zaidao. The "Wuhan Workers' General Headquarters", also numbering close to 500,000 people, comprised mostly workers and students from Red Guard organizations.[1]
Both sides engaged in an extensive propaganda war in an attempt to enlist community support. Central authorities in Beijing eventually endorsed the Worker's Headquarters faction as the "true" revolutionary group and reprimanded Chen Zaidao for his military support to Million Heroes. The event was considered a pivotal turning point in the Cultural Revolution: it marked the first time military leaders refused to carry out orders given by the central authorities and the Cultural Revolution Group in particular. Fears of a more widespread PLA revolt led Mao and his core associates to scale back the movement's most radical components.
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commanded the Wuhan Military Region from 1954 to 1967. He is most noted for having arrested pro-Mao Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li during the WuhanIncident in July...
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charge of state security until his sudden death in 1972. In July 1967, PLA Wuhan Military Region Commander General Chen Zaidao backed the more conservative...
original left-wing KMT government based in Wuhan, which was led by Wang Jingwei. By 15 July 1927, the Wuhan regime had expelled the Communists in its ranks...
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of incidents of PLA forces disobeying government and CRG orders during the summer (the most extreme case being the Wuhanincident, where the Wuhan Military...
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of Wuhan (traditional Chinese: 武漢會戰; simplified Chinese: 武汉会战; Japanese: 武漢作戦 (ぶかんさくせん)), popularly known to the Chinese as the Defence of Wuhan (traditional...
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PLA to disperse the people, and around four thousand were arrested. This incident was also called the April 5th Movement. Deng Xiaoping was announced as...
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equal partner in the Wuhan government, sharing power with the KMT leftists. Chiang Kai-shek declined to join the rest of the KMT in Wuhan, wary of the influence...
assaulted Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li, and sieged Mao's hotel in Wuhan. (See WuhanIncident.) After the incident the division was immediately disarmed and relieved...
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