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Events on Friday 25 December 1936 1
1936Xi'an IncidentChiang Kai-shek detained by his own generalsThe Nationalist generals Zhang Xueliang and Yang Hucheng detained Chiang Kai-shek in Xi'an to force him to stop fighting the Communists and oppose Japan instead. He was released on 25 December after negotiations involving Communist representatives. The episode led to the Second United Front against Japan.