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The Big Swords Society or Great Knife Society was a traditional peasant group most noted for the massacre of two German Catholic missionaries at the Juye Incident in 1897 at Zhang Jia Village where the missionaries were ambushed in their sleep by about 30 armed men. [1]

17 relations: Bai Lang Rebellion, Boxer Rebellion, Christianity in China, Juye Incident, Kiautschou Bay concession, Liu Shiduan, Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army, Northeastern Volunteer Righteous and Brave Fighters, Pacification of Manchukuo, Red Spear Society, Tang Juwu, Timeline of Chinese history, Vigilante, Wang Fengge, Yuxian (Qing dynasty), 1887 in organized crime, 1890 in organized crime.

Bai Lang Rebellion

The Bai Lang Rebellion was a Chinese "bandit" rebellion lasting from mid 1913 to late 1914.

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Boxer Rebellion

The Boxer Rebellion (拳亂), Boxer Uprising or Yihetuan Movement (義和團運動) was a violent anti-foreign, anti-colonial and anti-Christian uprising that took place in China between 1899 and 1901, toward the end of the Qing dynasty.

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Christianity in China

Christianity in China appeared in the 7th century, during the Tang dynasty, but did not take root until it was reintroduced in the 16th century by Jesuit missionaries.

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Juye Incident

The Juye Incident (German: Juye Vorfall) refers to the killing of two German Catholic missionaries, Richard Henle and Franz Xaver Nies, of the Society of the Divine Word, in Juye County Shandong Province, China in the night of 1-2 November 1897 (All Saints' Day to All Souls' Day).

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Kiautschou Bay concession

The Kiautschou Bay Leased Territory was a German leased territory in Imperial and Early Republican China which existed from 1898 to 1914.

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Liu Shiduan

Liu Shiduan (died 1896) was the founder and leader of the Big Swords Society, a martial arts society whose main task was to protect the property of landowners in Caozhou prefecture (southwestern Shandong province) in late Qing China.

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Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army

The Northeast People's Anti-Japanese Volunteer Army was led by Tang Juwu, formerly the commander of a Northeastern infantry regiment, interned by the Japanese at the beginning of the invasion of Manchuria.

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Northeastern Volunteer Righteous and Brave Fighters

Northeastern Volunteer Righteous and Brave Fighters was established by Wang Fengge, an officer in the Chinese Northeast Army who involved in the Big Swords Society.

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Pacification of Manchukuo

The Pacification of Manchukuo was a Japanese anti-insurgency campaign during the Second Sino-Japanese War to suppress any armed resistance to the newly established puppet state of Manchukuo from various anti-Japanese volunteer armies in occupied Manchuria and later the Communist Northeast Anti-Japanese United Army.

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Red Spear Society

The Red Spear Society began as a rural self-defense movement in Henan, Hebei, and Shandong in northern China during the Warlord Era in the 1920s.

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Tang Juwu

Tang Juwu, Tang Chu-wu,唐聚五,(1898–1939), Chinese officer, general of one of the Anti-Japanese Volunteer Armies resisting the pacification of Manchukuo.

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Timeline of Chinese history

This is a timeline of Chinese history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in China and its predecessor states.

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Vigilante

A vigilante is a civilian or organization acting in a law enforcement capacity (or in the pursuit of self-perceived justice) without legal authority.

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Wang Fengge

Wang Fengge (王凤阁; 1895–1937) was born in Tonghua, Jilin, China.

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Yuxian (Qing dynasty)

Yuxian (1842–1901) was a Chinese Manchu high official of the Qing dynasty who played an important role in the violent anti-foreign and anti-Christian Boxer Rebellion, which unfolded in northern China from the fall of 1899 to 1901.

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1887 in organized crime

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1890 in organized crime

See also: 1889 in organized crime, 1891 in organized crime and the list of 'years in Organized Crime'.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Swords_Society

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