Xi’an Incident

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effect on United Front
- In United Front

history of

China
- In China: War between Nationalists and communists
international relations
- In 20th-century international relations: Japan’s aggression in China
Japan
- In Japan: Events in China
Second Sino-Japanese War
- In Second Sino-Japanese War: The establishment of Manchukuo and the creation of the United Front

role of

Mao Zedong
- In Mao Zedong: The road to power of Mao Zedong
Soong Mei-ling
- In Soong Mei-ling
Zhang Xueliang
- In Zhang Xueliang
Zhou Enlai
- In Zhou Enlai

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Dec 05, 2023
	Deleted Web site: Xi'An Incident - Turning Point Of Modern History.	Grace Young	May 27, 2013
	Add new Web site: Cultural China - Xi'an Incident.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 01, 2011
	Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Xi'an Incident.	Gloria Lotha	Feb 01, 2011
	Article updated and transliteration changed to Pinyin.	Zhihou Xia	Sep 05, 2008
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998