Chou En-Lai11 April 1927
Chiang Kai-sheks & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers
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Chiang Kai-sheks & warlord armies enter Shanghai & begin shooting rebellious workers
Nationalist forces and allied groups carry out a violent purge of Communists and labor activists in Shanghai.
Kills 3,000 communists after criticism he should act in the interests of the peasants
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