Complex sentence: The 5 February 1979 edition of the People's Daily showed that the population of Fengqiao was 130,000, of which some 3,000 had been identified as "reactionary elements", meaning 1 in 50 people in Fengqiao were regarded as enemies of the Party.
Split into simpler sentences: The 5 February 1979 edition of the People's Daily said 3,000 people in Fengqiao had been identified as "reactionary elements". The population of Fengqiao was then 130,000, meaning 1 in 50 people were regarded as enemies of the Party.