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Xinjiang League for the Defense of Peace and Democracy
Communist organisation in Xinjiang, China (1948–1949) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Xinjiang League for the Defense of Peace and Democracy, also known simply as the Xinjiang League, was a pro–Chinese Communist Party (CCP) political organisation active in Xinjiang, China, during the waning years of the Chinese Civil War and Chinese Communist Revolution. It was led by former left-leaning leaders of the Second East Turkestan Republic and Coalition Government of Xinjiang Province, including Ehmetjan Qasimi (as chairman), Asgat Iskhakov, Seypidin Azizi, and Abdukerim Abbasov.[1]
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The Xinjiang League was formed on 1 August 1948 by 30 representatives of various leftist groups, chief among them the Democratic Revolutionary Party, the founding of which had been encouraged by the CCP.[1][2][3] At its first and only congress in March 1950, the Xinjiang League voted to transform itself the Xinjiang People's Democratic League.[4]
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