Democratic Revolutionary Party (Xinjiang)

The Democratic Revolutionary Party[c] was a communist party active in Xinjiang, China, from 1947 to 1948. It was formed from a merger between the Han Chinese–majority Communist League of Xinjiang and the Uyghur-majority East Turkestan Revolutionary Party. The Chinese Communist Party, after multiple meetings with the latter organization's leader Abdukerim Abbasov, recommended the merger.[1][2][3]

Democratic Revolutionary Party
ChairmanAbdukerim Abbasov
Vice Chairmen
  • Asgat Iskhakov
  • Li Taiyu[a]
Founded3 February 1947 (1947-02-03)
DissolvedJuly 1948 (1948-07)
Merger of
Merged intoXinjiang League for the Defense of Peace and Democracy
Headquarters
NewspaperDemocratic News[b]
Ideology
Political positionFar-left
Democratic Revolutionary Party
Simplified Chinese民主革命党
Traditional Chinese民主革命黨
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMínzhǔ Gémìng Dǎng

Its chairman was Abdukerim, and its vice chairmen were Asgat Iskhakov and Li Taiyu.[a] The party published a newspaper called Democratic News.[b]

In July 1948, the party merged with a number of other leftist groups in Xinjiang to form the Xinjiang League for the Defense of Peace and Democracy.[4]

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  1. 1 2 Chinese: 李泰玉; pinyin: Lǐ Tàiyù
  2. 1 2 simplified Chinese: 民主报; traditional Chinese: 民主報; pinyin: Mínzhǔ Bào
  3. simplified Chinese: 民主革命党; traditional Chinese: 民主革命黨; pinyin: Mínzhǔ Gémìng Dǎng; also translated as the Party of the Democratic Revolution.

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