Template:Did you know nominations/Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929)

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:41, 22 January 2018 (UTC)

Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929) edit

  • ... that although the Red Spears' uprising in Shandong (1928–1929) broke out in protest against high taxes, banditry, and government brutality, the rebels themselves came to raise taxes, loot, rape, rob and kidnap for ransom? Source: Bianco, Lucien (2015). Peasants without the Party: Grassroots Movements in Twentieth Century China, p. 5-7, 9

Created by Applodion (talk). Self-nominated at 14:29, 31 December 2017 (UTC).

  • - Length, Date, QPQ, and Earwigs check. For the statements in the hook itself, the sentences with them are not directly cited in the article. Please add relavant citations and we should be in a position to proceed. Mifter (talk) 17:10, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
  • @Mifter: The reasons for the rebellion were cited, see: "Liu's rule was marked by the brutality of his private army,[7] and high taxes[7] (though these taxes were still lower than those under the previous regime of Zhang Zongchang).[1] Furthermore, Liu did nothing to curb the widespread and escalating banditry. All this motivated additional peasants to join the Red Spears and the peasant movement to take a more aggressive stance against the perceived oppression by the government.[7]". I have added extra citations for the oppressive behavior of the rebels. Applodion (talk) 22:00, 4 January 2018 (UTC)
- Thank you. Offline refs are accepted in Good Faith, hook is good to go. Mifter (talk) 22:29, 4 January 2018 (UTC)