1933-04-12

Sheng Shicai takes power in Xinjiang

Sheng Shicai coup XinjiangSheng Shicai takes power in Xinjiang is a borderland politics record around Sheng Shicai coup Xinjiang, situated in the prewar phase linking Manchukuo, pressure on North China, and KMT-CCP reorganization. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Other events in this phase

China Prelude: Mukden to Marco Polo Bridge133
  1. Gubeikou defense
  2. Luan River eastern defense line
  3. Sheng Shicai takes control in Xinjiang
  4. Sheng Shicai takes power in XinjiangCurrent record
  5. Tangshan rail junction militarization
  6. Chahar People’s Anti-Japanese Army formed
  7. North China demilitarized zone after Tanggu
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Wartime Position

the prewar phase in which Manchukuo, pressure on North China, the Long March, and united-front politics converged

Sheng Shicai takes power in Xinjiang is a borderland politics record around Sheng Shicai coup Xinjiang, situated in the prewar phase linking Manchukuo, pressure on North China, and KMT-CCP reorganization. It belongs to the wider reshaping of the mainland Chinese front and political map.

Reading The Record

Placed against nearby events, the location, date, and actors around Sheng Shicai coup Xinjiang clarify changes in front lines and governing practice.

Sheng Shicai and Wikimedia Commons · Sheng Shi-tsai portrait provide both visual evidence and source context for the event.

Media

Sheng ShicaiVisual recordSheng ShicaiA portrait of Sheng Shicai, anchoring the 1933 Urumqi power shift and the beginning of his Soviet-aligned Xinjiang rule. It anchors the geography and surrounding context of “Sheng Shicai takes power in Xinjiang.”

Source Trail

SourceWikimedia Commons · Sheng Shi-tsai portraitOpen source