People's Anti-Imperialist Association

The People's Anti-Imperialist Association[lower-alpha 1] (Chinese: 民眾反帝聯合會; pinyin: Mínzhòng Fǎn Dì Liánhé Huì; Wade–Giles: Minchung Fan Ti Lienho Hui) was a political party in Xinjiang, China during the rule of Sheng Shicai, between 1935 and 1942.

People's Anti-Imperialist Association
民眾反帝聯合會
Mínzhòng Fǎn Dì Liánhé Huì
PresidentSheng Shicai
FounderSheng Shicai
Founded1 August 1935 (1935-08-01)
DissolvedApril 1942 (1942-04)
HeadquartersÜrümqi, Xinjiang
NewspaperAnti-Imperialist War Front
Youth wingXinjiang's Youth
Women's wingXinjiang's Women
Membership (1939)10,000
Ideology
Political positionLeft-wing
Party flag

History

The People's Anti-Imperialist Association was founded by Sheng Shicai in Ürümqi on 1 August 1935. The propaganda outlet of the Association was the Anti-Imperialist War Front. The Sinkiang's Youth and the Sinkiang's Women served as the Association's youth and women's wing respectively. The Association saw a large increase in membership. In 1935 it had 2,489 members, in 1937 the membership grew to 5,281, and in 1939 the Association's membership rose to 10,000.[4] The membership was nationally diverse, and included Han, Hui and various Turkic peoples.[5]

The ideology of the People's Anti-Imperialist Association were the "Six Great Policies", issued by Sheng in December 1934.[6] The Policies guaranteed his previously enacted "Great Eight-Point Manifesto"[7] and included "anti-imperialism, friendship with the Soviet Union, racial and national equality, clean government, peace and reconstruction".[6][7] Sheng referred to them as "a skillful, vital application of Marxism, Leninism, and Stalinism in the conditions of the feudal society of economically and culturally backward Sinkiang".[8] They served as the ideological basis of Sheng's rule.[9] With the proclamation of the Six Great Policies, Sheng adopted a new flag with a six-pointed star to represent these policies.[10]

With Sheng's rapprochement with the Central government, the Kuomintang spread throughout the province, replacing the People's Anti-Imperialist Association,[11] which was disbanded in April 1942.[12]

Notes
  1. Also referred to as "the Anti-Imperialist Federation",[1] "the Anti-Imperialist Society"[2] or "the Anti-Imperialist Union".[3]

Footnotes
  1. Rahman 2005, p. 38.
  2. Chaudhuri 2016, p. 59.
  3. Brophy 2016, p. 256.
  4. Chan 1983, p. 378.
  5. De Cordier 2016, p. 61.
  6. Clarke 2011, p. 33.
  7. Mansfield 1945, p. 3735.
  8. Sheng 1939.
  9. Chan 1983, p. 377.
  10. Brophy 2016, p. 255.
  11. Jacobs 2011, p. 350.
  12. Dallin 1948, p. 362.

References

Books
  • Brophy, David (2016). Uyghur Nation. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674660373.
  • Chaudhuri, Debasish (2016). "China's Policy in Xinjiang, 1948–78". In Warikoo, K. (ed.). Xinjiang – China's Northwest Frontier. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge. ISBN 9781317290292.
  • Clarke, Michael E. (2011). Xinjiang and China's Rise in Central Asia – A History. Abingdon-on-Thames: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9781136827068.
  • Dallin, David J. (1948). Soviet Russia and the Far East. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0208009968.
  • Jacobs, Justin Matthew (2011). Empire besieged: the preservation of Chinese rule in Xinjiang, 1884–1971. San Diego, CA: University of California, San Diego. ISBN 9781124814070.
  • Mansfield, Mike (1945). "Outer Mongolia and Sinkiang". Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 79th Congress First Session. Vol. 91. Washington D. C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
  • Rahman, Anwar (2005). Sinicization Beyond the Great Wall: China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region. Kibworth Beauchamp: Troubador Publishing Ltd. ISBN 9781904744887.

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