The Baise Uprising (), also known as the Youjiang Riots (), was a military insurrection in late 1929 in
Baise
Baise (; local pronunciation: ), or Bose, is the westernmost prefecture-level city of Guangxi, China bordering Vietnam as well as the provinces of Guizhou and Yunnan. The city has a population of 4.3 million, of which 1.4 million live in the ...
,
Guangxi
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,
China
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, instigated by the
Chinese Communist Party
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using tense relations between warlords
Yu Zuobai and
Li Mingrui of the
New Guangxi clique, that aimed at opposing
Chiang Kai-shek
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and the
Kuomintang
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party and seizing power by force. The uprising was led by
Chen Haoren
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and
Zhang Yunyi
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under the guidance of
Deng Xiaoping
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and the
CCP Guangdong Province Committee
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.
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History of the Chinese Communist Party
Baise
1929 in China
Military history of Guangxi
Military operations of the Chinese Civil War
Protests in the Republic of China (1912–1949)
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