Political Assassination

Attempted assassination of foreign officials as an act of wartime resistance

1. The Zhan Changlin Poisoning Case at the Japanese Consulate

2. Jurisdiction: Republic of China (Nanjing) (1939)
3. Original Case: 詹长麟制造日本总领事馆毒酒案
4. DefendantsZhan ChanglinInstitutionsJapanese Consulate in NanjingKuomintang Military Intelligence (Juntong)
5. Case Tags: Political Assassination;Espionage;Poisoning;War Crime

1. The Assassination of Zhang Zuolin

2. Jurisdiction: Republic of China (June 4, 1928)
3. Original Case: Huanggutun Incident
4. VictimsZhang ZuolinDefendantsKōmoto DaisakuKwantung ArmyPlaintiffsRepublic of China governmentInvestigatorsRepublic of China authoritiesInstitutionsKwantung ArmyRepublic of China government
5. Case Tags: Political Assassination;State-Sponsored Terrorism;War Crime;International Conspiracy

1. The Murder of Lin Baishui

2. Jurisdiction: Republic of China (Beiyang Government) (1926-08-06)
3. Original Case: 林白水之死案
4. VictimsLin BaishuiDefendantsZhang ZongchangWang QiInstitutionsFengtian CliqueSocial Daily News
5. Case Tags: Political Assassination;Freedom of the Press;Historic Case;Extrajudicial Execution

1. He Siyuan Residence Bombing Case

2. Jurisdiction: Republic of China (Beiping, now Beijing) (January 17, 1949)
3. Key Figures: He Siyuan (former Mayor of Beiping), Duan Yunpeng (KMT agent), Mao Renfeng (head of the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics), Chiang Kai-shek, He Lumei (victim)
4. Case Tags: Political Assassination;Terrorist Bombing;Premeditated Murder;State-Sponsored Terrorism

1. The Assassination of Shi Liangcai

2. Jurisdiction: Republic of China (China) (November 13, 1934)
3. Original Case: 史量才遇刺案（上海报界资本家被刺案）
4. Key Figures: Shi Liangcai (victim, owner of Shen Bao), Dai Li (mastermind, head of Military Statistics Bureau), Zhao Lijun, Wang Kequan, Li Ada (assassins), Shi Yonggeng (son and survivor)
5. Case Tags: Political assassination;Suppression of press freedom;Extrajudicial killing;State-sponsored murder

1. Assassination of Yang Yongtai, Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek

2. Jurisdiction: Republic of China (October 25, 1936)
3. Original Case: 杨永泰被刺案
4. Key Figures: Yang Yongtai (victim, Chief of Staff to Chiang Kai-shek), Chen Youguang (leader of the "Chinese Youth Anti-Japanese Assassination Corps"), Chen Kui'chao (the gunman who fired the fatal shots), Chiang Kai-shek
5. Case Tags: Political Assassination;Anti-Japanese Vigilantism;Factional Struggle;Republic of China History

1. The Case of Yao Rongze Murdering Zhou Shi and Ruan Shi

2. Jurisdiction: China (Republic of China) (November 1911 (Incident); March 1912 (Trial))
3. Original Case: 姚荣泽杀害周实、阮式案
4. Key Figures: Yao Rongze (Defendant, former Qing magistrate), Zhou Shi and Ruan Shi (Victims, revolutionary leaders), Chen Qimei (Shanghai Military Governor), Wu Tingfang (Minister of Justice)
5. Case Tags: Murder;Political Assassination;Judicial Independence;Early Republic Legal History