Bandits of the Jinggangshan

A closer look at the phenomenon of banditry in the Jinggang Mountains, because of the importance that banditry and other forms of collective violence had on how the revolutionary movement developed.

Further reading:
Stephen Averill, Revolution in the Highlands: China’s Jinggangshan Base Area

Names from this episode:
Qu Qiubai, Named head of new provisional politburo at August 7, 1927 Emergency Conference
Zhu Kongyang, Warlord army officer turned bandit

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