Red Canton: Background to the Guangzhou Uprising of December 1927

Some background on the situation in Guangzhou leading up to the uprising. Further reading: Arif Dirlik, “Narrativizing Revolution: The Guangzhou Uprising (11-13 December 1927) in Workers’ Perspective” Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Discontent, 1927 and 1928 Hsiao Tso-Liang, “Chinese Communism and the Canton Soviet of 1927” Manuel Gomez, “Organize for Liberation of the Colonies: Canton Center of World Movement” Some names from this episode: Wang Jingwei, lead...