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The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge or the April 12 Incident as it is commonly known in China, was the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations and leftist elements in Shanghai by forces supporting General Chiang Kai-shek and conservative factions in the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party or KMT).
The January 28 incident or Shanghai incident (January 28 – March 3, 1932) was a conflict between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan.It took place in the Shanghai International Settlement which was under international control.
China Merchants Tower: Lujiazui Central Business District: 1995–1996 186 / 610 38 [112] King Tower: Xin Jin Qiao Road 1996–1998 212 / 696 38 [61] Jin Mao Tower: 88 Century Boulevard 1998–2007 421 / 1,380 88 [166] Shanghai World Financial Center: 100 Century Boulevard 2007–2015 492 / 1,614 101 [167] Shanghai Tower: 501 Yincheng Middle ...
Chinese record: 98,417+ killed and wounded [ 12] The Battle of Shanghai ( traditional Chinese: 淞滬會戰; simplified Chinese: 淞沪会战; pinyin: Sōng hù huìzhàn) was a major urban battle fought between the Empire of Japan and the Republic of China in the Chinese city of Shanghai during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Bloody Saturday ( Chinese: 血腥的星期六; pinyin: Xuèxīng de Xīngqíliù) is a black-and-white photograph taken on 28 August 1937, a few minutes after a Japanese air attack struck civilians during the Battle of Shanghai in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Depicting a Chinese baby crying within the bombed-out ruins of Shanghai South railway ...
The attack left 33 civilians and 4 perpetrators dead with more than 140 others injured. [99] 30 April 2014: Ürümqi, Xinjiang: April 2014 Ürümqi attack: A knife attack and bombing occurred in the Chinese city of Ürümqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The attack left three people dead and seventy-nine others injured.
The Battle of Sihang Warehouse ( Chinese : 四行倉庫保衛戰) took place from October 26 to November 1, 1937, and marked the beginning of the end of the three-month Battle of Shanghai in the opening phase of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Defenders of the warehouse held out against numerous waves of Japanese forces and covered Chinese forces ...
Click through newspaper covers from the September 11 attacks: Newspapers around the country and world took on the job of trying to make some sense of the attacks. Images of the burning twin towers ...