Xinjiang reconquest campaign

Target entity: Xinjiang reconquest campaign
Context triple: [Zuo Zongtang, notableCampaign, Xinjiang reconquest campaign]

• A. Xinjiang Wars
  The Xinjiang Wars were a series of early 20th-century armed conflicts in China's Xinjiang region involving local warlords, Chinese central authorities, and separatist movements such as the East Turkestan Republic, which shaped the region's modern political and ethnic landscape.
• B. Kert campaign
  The Kert campaign was a Spanish military operation in northern Morocco in the early 20th century, conducted along the Kert River against local resistance during Spain’s colonial expansion.
• C. Menglianggu Campaign
  The Menglianggu Campaign was a major 1947 Chinese Civil War battle in Shandong in which Communist forces decisively defeated and annihilated a key Nationalist elite division.
• D. Invasion of Rehe
  The Invasion of Rehe was a 1933 Japanese military campaign in northern China that expanded Japanese control beyond Manchuria and further weakened the Republic of China before the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• E. Capture of Tashkent
  The Capture of Tashkent was a pivotal 1865 military operation in which the Russian Empire seized the key Central Asian city of Tashkent, significantly advancing its expansion into the region.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Xinjiang reconquest campaign
Target entity description: The Xinjiang reconquest campaign was a late 19th-century Qing military operation that crushed regional rebellions and reasserted Chinese imperial control over Xinjiang, paving the way for its establishment as a province.

• A. Xinjiang Wars
  The Xinjiang Wars were a series of early 20th-century armed conflicts in China's Xinjiang region involving local warlords, Chinese central authorities, and separatist movements such as the East Turkestan Republic, which shaped the region's modern political and ethnic landscape.
• B. Kert campaign
  The Kert campaign was a Spanish military operation in northern Morocco in the early 20th century, conducted along the Kert River against local resistance during Spain’s colonial expansion.
• C. Menglianggu Campaign
  The Menglianggu Campaign was a major 1947 Chinese Civil War battle in Shandong in which Communist forces decisively defeated and annihilated a key Nationalist elite division.
• D. Invasion of Rehe
  The Invasion of Rehe was a 1933 Japanese military campaign in northern China that expanded Japanese control beyond Manchuria and further weakened the Republic of China before the Second Sino-Japanese War.
• E. Capture of Tashkent
  The Capture of Tashkent was a pivotal 1865 military operation in which the Russian Empire seized the key Central Asian city of Tashkent, significantly advancing its expansion into the region.
• F. None of above. chosen