The Ili Rebellion broke out in Xinjiang when a Kuomintang Muslim officer, Liu Bin-Di, was killed while he was fighting Turkic Uyghur Rebels in November 1944.
The Ili Rebellion erupted in Xinjiang when a Kuomintang Muslim officer, Liu Bin-Di, was killed while engaged in combat with Turkic Uyghur rebels in November 1944.