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  2. Shanghai massacre - Wikipedia

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    The Shanghai massacre of 12 April 1927, the April 12 Purge or the April 12 Incident as it is commonly known in China, was the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party (CCP) organizations and leftist elements in Shanghai by forces supporting General Chiang Kai-shek and conservative factions in the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party or KMT).

  3. May Thirtieth Movement - Wikipedia

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    It began when the Shanghai Municipal Police opened fire on Chinese protesters in Shanghai's International Settlement on 30 May 1925 (the Shanghai massacre of 1925). The shootings sparked international censure and nationwide anti-foreign demonstrations and riots [ 1 ] such as the Hands Off China protests in the United Kingdom.

  4. Xu Xinfu - Wikipedia

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    Xu joined the Shanghai-based film company Mingxing in 1931. With them, he directed several films, including Three Arrows of Love (1931), Who is the Hero? (1931), Blood Debt (1932), The Uprising (1933), The Classic for Girls (1934), and Passionate and Loyal Soul (1935). [ 1 ]

  5. Shanghai Commune of 1927 - Wikipedia

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    During a general strike on March 22, 1927, Chen Duxiu and Zhou Enlai [3] would lead a group of 5,000 armed workers in the city's third armed uprising. [1] After seizing the city by 6pm, they, along with Soviets organized by strikers, established the Shanghai Provisional Municipal Government along the lines of the Paris Commune. [4]

  6. Uprisings led by women - Wikipedia

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    Women-led uprisings are mass protests that are initiated by women as an act of resistance or rebellion in defiance of an established government. A protest is a statement or action taken part to express disapproval of or object an authority, most commonly led in order to influence public opinion or government policy .

  7. Madonna Recalls Pain of Losing Mom to Cancer When She ... - AOL

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    The death of her mother when she was just 5 years old hit Madonna hard.. In archival clips and audio featured in the new Sky documentary Becoming Madonna, the Queen of Pop, 66, opens up about how ...

  8. Soong Mei-ling - Wikipedia

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    Soong Mei-ling (also spelled Soong May-ling; March 4, 1898 [1] – October 23, 2003), also known as Madame Chiang (Chinese: 蔣夫人), was a Chinese political figure.The youngest of the Soong sisters, she married Chiang Kai-shek and played a prominent role in Chinese politics and foreign relations in the first half of the 20th century.

  9. FEMA employee fired for urging team to not help homes with ...

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    The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency - whose mission is to help people before, during and after disasters - fired an employee who advised her survivor assistance team in Florida to not go ...