On this Day in Chinese History; 31 May

This day, 31 May, in 1936, the All China Labour Circles National Salvation Association to Resist the Enemy was established in Shanghai. Shying the proletariat, the Association formed its alliance with progressives from the  middle and upper classes of the City. Such relationships were key to the CCP’s resistance work against Japan and later contributed greatly to the taking of Shanghai in May, 1949.