February 2, 1948 (the twelfth lunar month 23), Chinese New Year, Shanghai Shen nine tragedy occurred. end

1948, more than 7,000 workers of the ninth Shanghai Shen new cotton mill strike under the leadership of the Communist Party of China Shanghai underground organization. Workers proposed to improve the treatment, replacement ration. Living index issued to the annual salary and reissue withhold wages 7. Reference February 2, the KMT government mobilized thousands of soldiers and police, spies repressive practices. Workers struggling to resist, for self-defense. Military and police use of armored vehicles, tear gas, into the factory against strikers, three people were killed, 500 injured, 400 people were arrested and more than 800 people were expelled. After the massacre, the Shanghai workers have set up a "the Shen nine tragedy Support Group", to carry out a large-scale solidarity protests.
under the pressure of the people, the Kuomintang government was forced to release a large number of arrested workers, and to restore the work of some of the workers.