Xiang Jingyu, born on this day in 1895, was one of the earliest female members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a pioneer of the women’s movement of China. She was executed by Guomindang police on May 1st, 1928.

Xiang Jingyu was politically radicalized when she attended the Montargis Women’s University in France. While studying there, Jingyu read many of Marx’s works and became a communist.

In 1923, Xiang became editor of a weekly supplement to The Republican Daily, a Guomindang newspaper. The same year Xiang Jingyu was also elected as a Central Committee member and became the first secretary of the “Women’s Movement Committee”.

In 1924, Xiang led a strike involving about ten thousand female workers from silk factories. Then, she founded the “Committee of Women’s Liberation” and trained many female cadres, who then became a force against feudalism and imperialism.

Xiang Jingyu was arrested in the French Concession Sandeli in Wuhan on March 20th, 1928. French officials turned her over to the Guomindang in April. On May 1st, 1928 she was executed.

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  • uralsolo [he/him]English
    8•2 years ago

    A little past halfway through a baseball game. These things are still boring, but slightly shorter thanks to the pitch clock. I’ll report back next year with another update.

    • ExternalAlpaca [none/use name]English
      4•2 years ago

      You reckon they’ll be in the bottom of the ninth by then?

      Actual baseball fans are such a dying breed. I’ll go to a minor league game (way more entertaining, cheaper, overall just better btw) once every few years for the same reason I see 90% of the people going - it’s an excuse to day drink and bullshit with your party while once every hour or so you feel 5 seconds of existential terror that you’re about to be killed by a foul ball to the head.

      Roller coasters ain’t got shit on sitting by a baseline.

      • uralsolo [he/him]English
        4•2 years ago

        I’m talking shit but this particular game is really good. Padres just got so fucking close to taking the lead and botched it, but they got one more chance left so as long as they don’t crap their pants during the Phillies at bat I’m on the edge of my seat.

        And yeah this whole thing is an excuse to drink and hang out with family on our day off.