Jinan incident

Jinan incident
Chinese name
Abbreviation	五 三 惨案
Long characters	五 三 慘案
Pinyin	wŭ sān cǎnàn
translation	May 3rd massacre
Japanese name
Kanji	済 南 事件
Hepburn	Sainan jiken
translation	Sainan incident

Autopsy of a Japanese victim in the Jinan Incident (in the presence of Chinese and Japanese officials)

The Jinan Incident , also Tsinan incident called, was an armed conflict on May 3, 1928 between the troops of the Chinese central government under Chiang Kai-shek , the Japanese Army and the Kuomintang - troops in Jinan (Jap. Sainan ) capital the Chinese province of Shandong . It occurred during the Chinese offensive designed as a continuation of the northern campaign to expand control over areas occupied by Japan in order to safeguard its interests in China. Japan then sent troops to protect its citizens and interests.

The forces of the Japanese Army and the Kuomintang met in Jinan and there were several exchanges of fire.

Ten months later, after negotiations between China and Japan, all troops from both parties were withdrawn.

literature

• Manfred B. Emmes: The foreign policies of the USA, Japan and Germany in mutual influence from the middle of the 19th to the end of the 20th century . Vol. 91, 2000, 264 pp., ISBN 3-8258-4595-8 , pp. 120ff
• Akira Iriye: After Imperialism: The Search for a New Order in the Far East, 1921-1931 . Harvard University Press, Cambridge 1965, pp. 193-205