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Section II (National Study): China 1927-1949
Quick questions on The Shanghai Massacre and the end of the First United Front 1927: HSC Modern History National Study China
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What is the Shanghai context?Show answer
Shanghai was the financial heart of China. The Shanghai Bankers' Association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Western-dominated International Settlement and French Concession depended on labour discipline. The Green Gang, a Shanghai underworld syndicate under Du Yuesheng ("Big-Eared Du") and Huang Jinrong, controlled opium, prostitution, and labour-contracting; it had longstanding KMT links.
What is q1?Show answer
Source A is a Comintern telegram of June 1927 to Wang Jingwei. Using Source A and your own knowledge, explain the end of the First United Front. [5 marks]
What is q2?Show answer
Evaluate the extent to which the destruction of the First United Front in 1927 was the result of Chiang Kai-shek's strategy rather than Comintern errors. [25 marks]
What is q3?Show answer
Compare the views of Jonathan Fenby and Frederic Wakeman on the Shanghai Massacre. [10 marks]
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