Xi Jin ping - Chinese leader - condemned Japan for the Rape of Nanjing and said that to deny a crime is to repeat the crime. china has been doing that for 25 years about the Tiananmen square massacre and for even longer about this even worse massacre they are responsible for. Siege of Changchun From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Siege of Changchun Part of the Chinese Civil War Changchun after the siege Date May 23 – October 19, 1948 Location Changchun and proximity Result Peoples Liberation Army captures Changchun Belligerents National Revolutionary Army Peoples Liberation Army (Northeast and North China Field Army) Commanders and leaders Zheng Dongguo Lin Biao Xiao Jinguang Strength ~100,000 100,000 Casualties and losses 95,000; ~330, 000 civilian deaths [1] minimal [show]v · t · eChinese Civil War Major engagements in bold April 12 incidentEncirclement Campaigns:First (Jiangxi · Hubei-Henan-Anhui · Honghu · Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi · Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet) · Second (Jiangxi · Hubei-Henan-Anhui · Honghu · Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi · Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet) · Third (Jiangxi · Hubei-Henan-Anhui · Honghu · Hubei-Henan-Shaanxi · Shaanxi-Gansu Soviet) · Fourth (Jiangxi · Hubei-Henan-Anhui · Honghu Soviet) · Fifth (v. 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Taian · Jingzhong · Linfen · Zhouzhang · Hebei-Rehe-Chahar · Yanzhou · Shangcai · Liaoshen (Changchun · Jinzhou · Tashan) · Jinan · Taiyuan · Huaihai (Shuangduiji) · Jiulianshan · Pingjin (Tianjin) Bandits Suppression:N.China · C.S.China · E.China · Dabieshan · NW.China · Wupin · SW.China · Longquan · N.Canton · NE.Guizhou · Hunan-Hubei-Sichuan · W.Hunan · Shiwandashan · Liuwandashan · W.GuangxiShanghai · Lanzhou · Ningxia · Nanchuan · Guangxi (Bobai) · Chengdu (Jianmengguan) · Bamianshan · Tianquan · Yiwu · KMT Insurgency 1950-58 · Burma-China borderIsland campaigns:Quemoy · Denbu · Nanao · Hainan Island · Dongshan · Wanshan · Nanpeng · Nanri · Nanpeng · Dalushan · Dongshan · Yijiangshan · Dachen · Dong-Yin The Siege of Changchun (simplified Chinese: 长春围困战; traditional Chinese: 長春圍困戰; pinyin: Chángchūn Wéikùnzhàn) was a siege operation launched by the Peoples Liberation Army during the Chinese Civil War against the city of Changchun, defended by the Nationalist forces. The Siege of Changchun was part of the Liaoshen Campaign, and the fall of Changchun marked the end of its first stage. Beginning on May 23, 1948, the Peoples Liberation Army began to encircle the Nationalist defenders in Changchun, while cutting off air transportation. The siege would last for 150 days. The siege ended when the Peoples Liberation Army entered Changchun after the Nationalist 60th Army and New 7th Army surrendered. Lin Biao commanded the Communist forces during the siege. Lin had initially proposed to move on Changchun in April, but turned his attention to other cities after investing Changchun. In October, Lin proposed to finally take the city. In response, Mao Zedong sent a sarcastic telegram ridiculing him for not having taken the city five months prior, and ordering Lin to take Jinzhou instead.[2] As news from Jinzhou reached Changchun, the KMT commanding general, Ceng Zesheng (Chinese: 曾澤生; pinyin: Céng Zéshēng), defected to the Communists along with most of his officers. They were given posts in the Communist armies on Maos personal orders.[3] Civilian Starvation[edit]Large numbers of civilians starved in the siege; estimates range from 150,000[4] to 330,000.[1] The besieging Communist forces allowed Nationalist soldiers to leave, but forcibly prevented civilians from doing so, hoping to pressure General Zheng Dongguo (Chinese: 鄭洞國; pinyin: Zhèng Dòngguó), leader of the Nationalist forces, into surrender. The incident was reported in a book published by the Peoples Liberation Army Publishing House in August 1989, two months after the Tiananmen Square incident. White Snow, Red Blood, by Lieutenant Colonel Zhang Zhenglu, stated that 150,000 civilians starved to death during the siege, and that civilians attempting to leave the city were turned back to put pressure on the KMT garrisons food supply. Lt. Col. Zhang opined that the Chinese Revolution was not worth the cost, and praised Lin Biaos military skills as superior to Mao Zedongs.[4]
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