Ruijin Massacre

Rujin Massacre
Part of Cultural Revolution in China
Ruijin in the People's Republic of China
Location	Ruijin, Jiangxi Province China
Date	1968 September 1968 – October 1968
Target	Counter-revolutionaries, "Five Black Categories" (Landlords, wealthy peasants, bad influences/elements and right wingers)
Attack type	Politicide, Massacre, politically motivated violence
Deaths	Over 1,000[1]
Perpetrators	Chinese Communist Party, Cheng Shiqing then Governor of Jiangxi Province
Motive	Cultural Revolution instigrated by Mao Zedong, resentment of wealthier peasants, capitalists and "traitors" instigated by the Chinese Communist Party

The Ruijin Massacre (simplified Chinese: 瑞金大屠杀; traditional Chinese: 瑞金大屠殺) was a series of massacres that took place in Ruijin and nearby counties in Jiangxi Province during the Chinese Cultural Revolution.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6]} From September 23 to early October, 1968, over 1,000 people were killed in the Ruijin Massacre; specifically, over 300 people were killed in Ruijin County, around 270 were killed in Xingguo County, and over 500 in Yudu County.^{[1][2][3][6][7]}