Chronicle of the Guangzhou Uprising

Author: Guo Xiaoye
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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: In 1927, the counter-revolutionary forces led by Chiang Kai-shek exposed their true nature in the bloody suppression of the Communist Party. Faced with the chaotic and perilous situation, the Communists responded resolutely by striking back with revolutionary armed forces. The Guangzhou Uprising led by figures such as Zhang Tailei, Ye Ting, Zhou Wenyou, and Ye Jianying was such a response. During the uprising, workers, peasants, and revolutionary soldiers captured the provincial headquarters of the Nationalist Party and military and police institutions, raising the banner of the Soviet government amidst the blazing fire and blood. It lasted only two days before being destroyed by the frenzied counter-attack of the reactionary army with artillery. However, the revolutionary heroism and idealism of the Communists, which burst forth in a brief moment in the long course of history, shone with an eternal charm and a sublime and tragic spirit, deeply merging into the historical veins of China.