"kidnapping of Chiang Kai-Shek" . "1937" . . . . . "Xi'an Incident" . . . . . . "Xian Incident" . "800\u20131,000 casualties" . "Creation of theSecond United Front" . . . . . . "1936-12-26" . . "Northeast Army" . . "Chiang was kidnapped" . "End ofEncirclement campaigns" . . . "17pxChinese Communist Party" . "12 December 1936 \u2013 25 December 1936" . "kidnapped" . "26 December 1936" . "open defiance" . . "Northwest Army" . . . "kidnapped Chiang Kai-shek" . . "Xi'an Incident in China" . . "Temporary end of theChinese Civil War" . . "Xi'an Incident" . .