What the records say
- When
- 1 Apr 1958
- Kind
- Rebellion
- Coordinates
- 35.70° N, 102.44° E
- Description
- uprising against the rule of the Chinese Communist Party
Placed at the district its title names, Xunhua.
Xunhua Incident
Uprising against the policies of the Chinese Communist Party
The Xunhua Incident was an uprising of Salars and Tibetans against the policies of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Qinghai, China in April 1958. It took place in the Xunhua Salar Autonomous County, hometown of the 10th Panchen Lama, during the Great Leap Forward. In March 1958, local officials imposed strict rules for socialist transformations.
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