What the records say
- When
- 5 Apr 1976
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 32.06° N, 118.78° E
Placed at the town named in the title of the event it links, Nanjing.
Summary
A mass gathering and protest occurred on Qingming Festival after the Nanjing incident, was triggered by the death of Zhou Enlai. This was the 1976 Tiananmen incident.
Nanjing incident (1976)
1976 anti-Cultural Revolution protest
The Nanjing incident, or Nanjing Anti Cultural Revolution Force Movement, was a movement to commemorate Zhou Enlai and oppose the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976) that occurred in Nanjing, China, in 1976. The movement was initially organized by Nanjing University faculty members and students. It soon spread countrywide and led to the Tiananmen incident.
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