Xi'an Incident

1936 political crisis in China

The Xi'an Incident was a Chinese political crisis that lasted from 12 to 26 December 1936. Generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng seized Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an, demanding the Nationalist government end the Chinese Civil War and ally with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) against Japanese expansionism, resulting in the Second United Front. The incident took place after months of secret negotiations between the CCP and the Kuomintang (KMT) had stalled.

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