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social science subjects > business and management > leadership (business) > cross-cultural leadership > Xian Incident
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Xian Incident  

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  • On 12 December 1936, a trusted top general kidnapped the leader of China to force the leader to bend to the general's demands and then accompanied the leader to the capital and turned himself over to police, receiving a sentence of house arrest for fifty years. The Xian Incident affected who would rule one of the largest, most populated countries in the modern world. [Source: Encyclopedia of Leadership; Xian Incident]

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