List of massacres in China

The following is a list of massacres that have occurred in China (numbers may be approximate):

Name	Date	Location	Deaths	Notes
Changjiao massacre	1943, May 9-12	Changjiao Hunan	30,000
Daoxian massacre	1967, August 13-October 17	Daoxian, Hunan	4519
Ghulja Incident	1997, February 5	Ghulja, Xinjiang	9-167
Kizil massacre	1933, June	near Kashgar, Xinjiang	800
Kucheng Massacre	1895, August 1	Gutian, Fujian	11
Nanking Massacre	1937, December 13	Nanjing	40,000-300,000	The death toll is disputed, ranging from some Japanese claims of several hundred, to the Chinese claim of a non-combatant death toll of 300,000.Most other nations believe the death toll to be between 150,000–300,000, based on the Nanjing War Crimes Tribunal verdict, and another estimate of the civilian toll (excluding soldiers and POWs) is about 40,000–60,000, which corresponds to the figures from three sources.
Port Arthur massacre	1894, November 21	Lüshunkou, Liaoning	1000-20,000
Shanghai massacre of 1927	1927, April 12	Shanghai	300-400	5000 missing
Taiyuan Massacre	1900, July	Taiyuan, Shanxi
Tiananmen Square massacre	1989, June 4	Beijing	241-2,500
Tianjin Massacre	1870	Tianjin	60
Yangzhou massacre	1645	Yangzhou	As many as 800,000
Guangzhou massacre	878-879	Guangzhou	120,000	Foreign merchants (Muslim Arabs, Muslim Persians, Zoroastrian Persians, Christians, and Jews) were killed
Changsha massacre	1927, May	Changsha	At least 10,000