9 April 1936Meeting with Zhang XueliangZhou Enlai
Meets Zhang Xueliang and discusses ending civil conflict in order to resist Japanese aggression.
Historical records for China in 1936, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Meets Zhang Xueliang and discusses ending civil conflict in order to resist Japanese aggression.
Surviving units complete another difficult crossing of the eastern grasslands.
Reaches Chuten
The 2nd & 4th Red Armies join forces with the 4th Red Army
Chang Hsueh-Liang signs a secret non-aggression pact with Chou En-Lai
Chang Hsueh-Liang signs a secret non-aggression pact with Chou En-Lai
Joins forces with the north Shensi 1st Front Army
Forces Chiang Kai-Shek to end the civil war & unite against Japan. Arrests Chiang Kai-Shek to force him into a temporary alliance with Chou En-Lai
Organizes a demonstration of 15,000 students in Xian demanding to fight Japan
Chiang Kaishek is captured in Xian & detained in the HQ of General Yang
Is seized at Xi’an by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng during the Xi’an Incident.
Is released from Xi’an after negotiations that help create conditions for a renewed Nationalist-Communist united front against Japan.
Returns to Nanjing after his release from the Xi’an Incident, where negotiations had pushed Nationalists and Communists toward cooperation against Japan.
Helps arrest Chiang Kai-Shek
Helps arrest Chiang Kai-Shek
Reaches Xian where Chiang Kaiseks forces are defeated
Represents the Communist Party during negotiations following the detention of Chiang Kai-shek.
After the Xi’an Incident, shifts toward cooperation with the Communists for resistance against Japan.
Arrests Chiang Kai-Shek
Japanese-backed Inner Mongolian forces attack Suiyuan, increasing pressure on the Nationalist government in northern China.
Is detained at Xi’an by Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng, who demand an end to civil war and united resistance against Japan.
Proclaims a Communist offensive against the Japanese. Makes a peace offer to create national unity
Reinstated into the Communist Party after Zhang Guotao is defeated & joins Mao
Founds the Xinhua or the New China News Agency
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