Zhao Jianmin spy case
| Zhao Jianmin spy case | |
|---|---|
| Part of Cultural Revolution in China | |
Yunnan Province (in red) | |
| Native name | 赵建民特务案件 |
| Location | Yunnan Province, Southern China, Kunming and various other townships and cities |
| Date | 1968-1969 |
| Target | Zhao Jianmin, "capitalist roaders", political enemies of Mao Zedong, alleged KMT spies and local provincial government officials |
Attack type | Political persecution, political infighting, instigation of political violence |
| Deaths | 17,000 |
| Injured | 63,000 (Estimated) |
| Victims | 1.387 million |
| Perpetrators | Chinese Communist Party, Kang Sheng (head of the Central Social Affairs Department) |
| Motive | Persecution of political enemies of Mao Zedong, political infighting, consolidation of power |
The Zhao Jianmin spy case (simplified Chinese: 赵健民特务案; traditional Chinese: 趙健民特務案; pinyin: Zhào Jiànmín tèwu àn), or Zhao Jianmin wrong case (赵健民冤案; 趙健民冤案; Zhào Jiànmín yuān'àn), was a major fabricated spy case in Yunnan province during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, with more than 1.387 million people implicated and persecuted, which accounted for 6% of the total population in Yunnan at the time. From 1968–1969, more than 17,000 people died in a massacre while 61,000 people were crippled for life; in Kunming (the capital of Yunnan) alone, 1,473 people were killed and 9,661 people were left disabled as a result.