Xunhua Incident | |
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Part of Great Leap Forward in China | |
Native name | 循化事件 |
Location | China |
Date | April 1958 |
Target | Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials, rebels |
Attack type | uprising and its suppression |
Deaths | 437 civilians, 17 People's Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers |
Perpetrators | rebels, PLA |
Motive | opposition to CCP policies |
The Xunhua Incident (Chinese: 循化事件) was an uprising of Salars and Tibetans against the policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Qinghai, China in April 1958.[1][2][3][4] It took place in the Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, hometown of the 10th Panchen Lama, during the Great Leap Forward.[5] In March 1958, local officials imposed strict rules for socialist transformations. To prevent uprisings, religious leaders such as Jnana Pal Rinpoche (加乃化仁波切), a well-respected monk, were forcibly sent for re-education.[2][5] Over 4,000 people with different ethnic backgrounds subsequently revolted and killed a team leader from the CCP task force.[2][5][6] The uprising ended after the People's Liberation Army massacred 435 people, most of whom were unarmed civilians, on April 25, and 2,499 more rioters were arrested.[2][5]
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