The Xinjiang People's Anti-Imperialist Association ( zh, t=新疆民眾反帝聯合會, p=Xīnjiāng Mínzhòng Fǎn Dì Liánhé Huì) was a political party in

Xinjiang Xinjiang,; , SASM/GNC romanization, SASM/GNC: Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Sinkiang, officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People' ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

, during the rule of

Sheng Shicai Sheng Shicai ( zh, c=盛世才; 3 December 189513 July 1970) was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944. Sheng's rise to power started with a coup d'état in 1933 when he was appointed the ''duban'' (Military Governor) of Xinjia ...

from 1935 to 1942.

History

The People's Anti-Imperialist Association was founded by

Ürümqi Ürümqi, , is the capital of the Xinjiang, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in Northwestern China. With a census population of 4 million in 2020, Ürümqi is the second-largest city in China's northwestern interior after Xi'an, also the ...

on 1 August 1935. The creation of the Association was an initiative of the Soviet consul-general, Garegin Apresov, whose proposal was discussed and approved by the Bolshevik Central Committee in July 1934. The secretariat of the Association was headed by Chinese communist

Yu Xiusong Yu Xiusong () (1899 – February 21, 1939) was an early member of the Chinese Communist Party. He was born in Zhuji, Zhejiang. He started attending the Zhejiang First Normal School (currently Hangzhou High School) in 1916. The May 4 movement of ...

, who arrived in Xinjiang from the USSR. The ideology of the People's Anti-Imperialist Association was the "Six Great Policies", issued by Sheng in December 1934. The policies guaranteed his previously enacted "Great Eight-Point Manifesto". They included "anti-imperialism, friendship with the Soviet Union, racial and national equality, clean government, peace and reconstruction". Sheng referred to them as "a skilful, vital application of

Marxism Marxism is a political philosophy and method of socioeconomic analysis. It uses a dialectical and materialist interpretation of historical development, better known as historical materialism, to analyse class relations, social conflict, ...

Leninism Leninism (, ) is a political ideology developed by Russian Marxist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin that proposes the establishment of the Dictatorship of the proletariat#Vladimir Lenin, dictatorship of the proletariat led by a revolutionary Vangu ...

, and

Stalinism Stalinism (, ) is the Totalitarianism, totalitarian means of governing and Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from History of the Soviet Union (1927–1953), 1927 to 1953 by dictator Jose ...

in the conditions of the feudal society of economically and culturally backward Sinkiang". They served as the ideological basis of Sheng's rule. With the proclamation of the Six Great Policies, Sheng adopted a new flag with a six-pointed star to represent these policies. With Sheng's rapprochement with the

Central government A central government is the government that is a controlling power over a unitary state. Another distinct but sovereign political entity is a federal government, which may have distinct powers at various levels of government, authorized or deleg ...

, the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT) is a major political party in the Republic of China (Taiwan). It was the one party state, sole ruling party of the country Republic of China (1912-1949), during its rule from 1927 to 1949 in Mainland China until Retreat ...

spread throughout the province, replacing the People's Anti-Imperialist Association, which was disbanded in April 1942.

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* 'Guide to the Six Great Policies''{{in lang, zh 1935 establishments in China 1942 disestablishments in China Political parties established in 1935 Political parties disestablished in 1942 Parties of one-party systems Political parties in the Republic of China Defunct political parties in China Formerly ruling communist parties 20th century in Xinjiang Political parties of minorities in China