EPISODE · Jul 2, 2020 · 28 MIN
The May 30 Movement: The Chinese People’s Uprising Against the British and Japanese in 1925
from People's History of Ideas Podcast · host Matthew Rothwell
Workers, students and merchants in Shanghai take on the British authorities of the International Settlement and Japanese mill owners after protesters are massacred.Further Reading:Steve Smith, A Road Is Made: Communism in Shanghai, 1920-1927Some names from this episode:Li Lisan, Communist leader of the Shanghai General Labor UnionZhang Xueliang, son of Zhang Zuolin, occupied Shanghai’s Chinese cityZhang Zuolin, northern warlordGregory Voitinsky, Comintern representative in China in 1925Liu Shaoqi, Communist leader just below Li Lisan in the Shanghai General Labor UnionLiu Hua, Union activist executed for leading role in May 30 Movement Support the show
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Workers, students and merchants in Shanghai take on the British authorities of the International Settlement and Japanese mill owners after protesters are massacred. Further Reading: Steve Smith, A Road Is Made: Communism in Shanghai, 1920-1927 Some names from this episode: Li Lisan, Communist leader of the Shanghai General Labor Union Zhang Xueliang, son of Zhang Zuolin, occupied Shanghai’s Chinese city Zhang Zuolin, northern warlord Gregory Voitinsky, Comintern representative in China in 1...
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