People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China | ||||||||||
中華共和國人民革命政府 | ||||||||||
Historical unrecognised state | ||||||||||
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Capital | Fuzhou | |||||||||
Languages | Chinese (Mandarin, Min, Hakka, Gan and Wu), She language | |||||||||
Political structure | Republic | |||||||||
Historical era | Interwar period | |||||||||
• | Established | November 22, 1933 | ||||||||
• | Disestablished | January 13, 1934 | ||||||||
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The People's Revolutionary Government of the Republic of China (1933–1934) (Chinese: 中華共和國人民革命政府; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Gònghéguó Rénmín Gémìng Zhèngfǔ), also known as the Fujian People's Government (Chinese: 福建人民革命政府; pinyin: Fújiàn Rénmín Zhèngfǔ), was a short-lived anti-Kuomintang government in the Republic of China's Fujian Province. The rebellion that led to its formation and its collapse are known as the Fujian Incident (閩變 Mǐnbiàn or 福建事變 Fújiàn Shìbiàn) or Fujian Rebellion.
In November 1933 some leaders of the National Revolutionary Army's 19th Route Army—including Cai Tingkai, Chen Mingshu and Jiang Guangnai, who had gained fame for their role in the January 28 Incident—were deployed to southern China to suppress a Communist rebellion. Instead, they negotiated peace with the rebels. In alliance with other Kuomintang forces under Li Jishen (李濟深), the 19th Route leaders broke with Chiang Kai-shek and took control of Fujian, where they were stationed, and on November 22, 1933, proclaimed a new government. The chairman of the government was Li Jishen, Eugene Chen (陳友仁) was foreign minister, Jiang Guangnai was finance minister and Cai Tingkai was military head and governor of Fujian Province.