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Xi'an Incident
The Xi'an Incident of December 1936 () is an important episode of Chinese modern history, taking place in the city of Xi'an during the Chinese Civil War between the ruling Kuomintang (KMT or Nationalist Party) and the rebel Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and just before the Second Sino-Japanese War. On 12 December 1936, Chiang Kai-shek, leader of the KMT was suddenly arrested and kidnapped by Marshall Zhang Xueliang, a former warlord of Manchuria, then Japan-occupied Manchukuo.
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