White Terror (China)

Not to be confused with the White Terror in Taiwan, also perpetrated by the Kuomintang.
For other uses, see White Terror (disambiguation).
White Terror
Part of Nanjing decade, Chinese Civil War, Chinese Communist Revolution
LocationRepublic of China
Date1927–1930s
TargetChinese Communist Party, opposition, progressive dissidents
PerpetratorsNationalist government, Kuomintang

The White Terror was an anti-communist political repression campaign by the Nationalist government in the Republic of China which began with the Shanghai massacre in April 1927 and continued through the early 1930s. Through the White Terror, the Nationalists and their allies targeted the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), trade unionists, peasants, and women who they deemed progressive. Estimates of those killed range from the hundreds of thousands to more than one million.

The Nationalists' White Terror ended the First United Front between the Nationalists and the CCP and nearly wiped out the CCP.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.