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170 years of historical events leading to Modern China with scenes of Death of Sun Yat-sen, Chiang Kai-shek becomes Leader of Chinese Nationalist Party, Fight against Chinese Warlords and more.
00:08 March 1925 Sun Yat-sen dies. Scenes of Mandarins (Public Officials), Scholars, Warlords, soldiers file past his bier to pay homage to Sun Yat-sen.
00:28 Footage of Chiang Kai-shek as he becomes the leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party (Kuomintang of China or KMT ). Chiang Kai-shek mobilizes troops of the National Revolution Army (NRA) under the new flag of China. July 9, 1926, scenes of the Northern Expedition, a Kuomintang (KMT) military campaign of the National Revolution Army led by Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek against the Belyang government and warlords controlling northern China. Image of Mikhail Borodin with his Russian staff and their wives next to a train that was headquarters of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek as his army pushed north against the warlords.
01:29 Scenes of a forward band of young revolutionaries, Nationalist and Communist alike, precede the troops calling to arms peasants and workers to join in the effort to unify China in a national revolution. Image of a young Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung), a devout Communist, that directed scores of peasant agitators to summons fury for the revolution.
01:54 Scenes of Hankou (Hankow) China in the fall of 1926 as the National Revolution Army (NRA) troops take the city and moves its capital there. Scenes of the National Revolution Army soldiers raids the British concessions in Hankou, burns down foreign buildings and take down foreign flags. Scenes of the National Revolution Army moving down river and by April 1927 reached Nanking and pauses. Scenes of the left wing leaders (Communist) of the Kuomintang in Hankou (Hankou) speak out against Chiang Kai-shek. Image of Mikhail Borodin, chief agent of Communist International, agitating to get rid of Chiang Kai-shek.
04:32 Scenes of the Communist (Guangzhou) uprising in December 1927 in the industrial city of Guangzhou (Canton) China that was quickly crushed by the National Revolution Army. Professor Earl Swisher describes the events that took place. Scenes of bodies of Communist that were identified by the red stain around their necks and immediately killed. Mao Tse-tung ( Mao Zedong) escaped and went into hiding.
06:12 Chiang Kai-shek is introduced as President of the National Government of The Republic of China. Scenes of the wedding of Chiang Kai-shek to Soong Mei-ling in Shanghai on December 1, 1927. Soong Mei-ling quickly became known as Madame Chiang.
06:53 Footage of the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum in Nanjing (Nanking) China and the arrival of Sun Yat-sen body arriving at the mausoleum.
08:29 Shows Chiang Kai-shek with Madame Chiang. Scenes of industrialization and jobs in the Chinese cities under control of Chiang Kai-shek and the National Government of The Republic of China. Scenes of Chinese enjoying the prosperity and western influence on the lifestyle of the Chinese living in the cities. Nightclub scenes of Chinese couples dancing to the tune “Night Time In Dear Old Shanghai” by the Shanghai Hotel Dance Orchestra in 1929.
10:07 Footage of warlord Chang Tso-lin (Zhang Zuolin) Overlord of Manchuria. Chang Tso-lin was killed when a bomb destroyed his railroad train car on June 4, 1928. The Japanese punishes him for what they called his treachery. Scenes of the destroyed railroad car.
10:30 Footage of Zhang Xueliang or Chang Hsueh-liang (nickname Young Marshall), eldest son of Chang Tso-lin (Zhang Zuolin), who became the effective ruler of Manchuria after assassination of his father by the Japanese. Rather than serving Japan as a puppet the “Young Marshall” chooses nationalism with Chiang Kai-shek. The warlords controlling Japan prepare to invade Manchuria.
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00:57 Chiang Kai-shek reviews the Chinese troops trained by General Stilwell. Chiang Kai-shek wants to hoard these troops to use against the Communist after the war ends, General Stilwell violently objects and wants to use the Chinese troops immediately to fight the Japanese. Stilwell had reported accurately that Chiang had not committed his best troops nor American aid to fight the Japanese, but instead held back troops and supplies for an eventual showdown with wartime Communist allies.
President Roosevelt sent a special delegation headed by General Patrick Hurley to heal the growing rift between Chiang Kai-shek and General Stilwell. No compromise is possible and Stilwell is relived of his command in 1944.
01:49 In 1945 the world rejoices as Japan surrenders. Show the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Scenes of the surrender of Japan on the deck of the USS Missouri, the Communist are not represented. To stop the foreseen Chinese civil war between the Nationalist and the Communist, China Ambassador Patrick Hurley meets Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) in Yan'an and proposes Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) divide the country politically. Shows Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) exiting a plane in Chongqing (Chungking) to meet with Chiang Kai-shek for talks brokered by President Harry S. Truman to engineer a coalition government for a united China. Scene of Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) toasting an agreement. Out in the field the race is on as to who will accept the surrender of the Japanese garrisons and receive the weapons, Nationalists or Communist. Shows troops of Chiang Kai-shek boarding planes to fly to the major cities in the Yangtze River Valley.
03:59 With the defeat of the Japanese and an agreement between the Nationalist and Communists to politically divide China and Manchuria the race continues to which side would accept the weapons from the Japanese and occupy that territory. Knowing Chiang Kai-shek had planes and intended to fly into the major cities of the Yangtze River Valley the Communist felt Manchuria would be their target. Zhou Enlai (Chou En Lai) was chosen to make the push into Manchuria. Animated map shows the route the Communist would take. Shows Communist troops using pack mules to move into Manchuria. Shows route Chiang Kai-shek planned to fly troops into the cities of Manchuria.
04:40 America being aware of the situation sent General George C. Marshall to China to replace Patrick Hurley and try to save the peace between the Nationalist and Communist. Shows arrival of General Marshall in Chongqing (Chungking) and being greeted by Chiang Kai-shek. Shows Zhou Enlai (Chou En Lai), negotiator for the Communist arriving at General Marshall's Chongqing Headquarters. Shws image of Zhang Qun, negotiator for the Nationalist, George C. Marshall, and Zhou Enlai, negotiator for the Communist. The agreement reached was a Federal Government permitting the two parties to govern the China Provinces they now controlled. In January 1946 Zhou Enlai and Zhang Qun is shown shaking hands to celebrate the truce.
05:48 Within two months troops were on the move again with each side blaming the other. Manchuria with its industry built by the Japanese is the greatest prize in China. In the major cities occupied by Chiang Kai-shek the Russian occupiers had looted every factory in every city leaving empty shells.
07:29 In the summer of 1946 Chiang Kai-shek returns his government to Nanjing (Nanking) and attempts to write a new constitution based on the philosophy of Sun Yat-sen. With American arms Chiang Kai-shek felt the Communist could be crushed, and against the advice of American advisors, his troops dug-in at with fortress-like garrisons at railway junctions at cities they had occupied.
08:31 Scenes of Shanghai in 1948. It is a beautiful city filled with China's poor and homeless labors willing to work for a bowl of rice. By 1948 inflation had destroyed the middle class who was Chiang Kai-shek political support. Shows bundles of paper money that was necessary to purchase goods after hyper inflation in Nationalist China. The root of the problem was that the cost of the civil war between the Nationalist and Communist. While the Nationalist government ran severe deficits in order to fund the civil war, and in doing so triggered hyperinflation. The Communist relied on a system of asset confiscation and land distribution from the rural elites to fund the war.
10:03 Scenes of the poor and starving Chinese people that were weary of war. The Communist had won the hearts and minds of a desperate people that only wanted food and peace.
Taiwanese nationalist leader on visit to improve relations
Nanjing
1. Exterior of Sun Yat-sen mausoleum
2. Taiwan Nationalist Party vice-chairman Chiang Pin-kung, his wife and his delegation waving to public and press at mausoleum
3. Nationalist Party delegation walking up steps to mausoleum entrance
4. Sun statue and floral tributes, Chiang and delegates standing to attention before statue
5. Chiang and delegates bowing before statue of Sun
6. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan Nationalist Party vice-chairman:
Today, for the Taiwanese economy, we can not separate ourselves into ruling and opposition political parties. That is what the people want. So today we are making this pioneering trip. We are also trying to solve the issues across the Taiwan Strait, especially the economic and trade issues.
7. Close up photograph of Sun Yat-sen hanging on wall
8. Chiang walking into room at former Nationalist Party Presidential Palace
9. Exterior entrance to former presidential palace
10. Chiang driving out of palace, Chiang rolls down window and waves
Beijing
11. Chiang and wife disembarking aircraft at Beijing airport
12. Chiang shaking hands with vice-director of the Taiwan affairs office, Li Bingcai
13. Chiang shaking hands with vice party secretary of Beijing, Long Xingmin
14. Chiang meeting businessmen, receiving flowers
Beijing
15. Chen Yunlin, director of Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee greeting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) vice-president Chiang Pin-kung and delegates
16. Members of both sides greeting each other
17. Banquet held for visiting KMT delegation
18. Chen and Chiang sitting at table
19. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chen Yunlin, director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee :
China is a shared homeland for compatriots on both sides(of the Taiwan strait), which we have the confidence and capability to improve. Stepping into the 21st century, we Chinese on both sides will grasp the rare opportunity history is offering to the Chinese nation, and work together to realise our hundred-year-long dream.
20. Chen and Chiang toasting each other and other delegates
21. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan Nationalist Party vice-chairman:
Even though there is a different voice back in Taiwan, on our visit we will stick to what we believe in. We believe that it is our shared responsibility to promote harmony, reduce tension and resolve any crises between the two sides. Being the biggest opposition party, with authorisation of Chairman Lian, today I, Pin-kung, with these many delegates here together, speak out for the people of Taiwan.
22. Chen and Chiang toasting each other and drinking
23. Delegates at the banquet
STORYLINE:
A leader of Taiwan's Nationalist (Kuomintang) party on Wednesday visited the tomb of party founder Sun Yat-sen during a history-making visit to China that underscored a warming in relations with their former Communist enemies.
Vice chairman Chiang Pin-kung placed a wreath at Sun's mausoleum outside Nanjing, the Nationalists' former capital.
Both Taiwan and mainland China revere Sun as leader of the 1911 revolution that ended imperial rule and created a republic.
Chiang also visited the former Nationalist presidential office in Nanjing, where he signed a guest book with the phrase Icebreaking journey.
From Nanjing, Chiang travelled to Beijing for talks with Chinese officials.
Later on Wednesday he dined with Chen Yunlin the director of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and delegates from both parties at a banquet.
Speaking at the banquet, Chen urged people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait (the passage of water between China and Taiwan) to work together.
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Flag flying. Map shows travel routes between West Coast USA and China. Clipper plane taking off, flying over Golden Gate Bridge. People waving at plane
05:02:03 AVs China Buildings amongst trees. Map of China
05:02:37 Historical - sailing ship / clipper
05:02:53 Map showing position of Canton. Shots from ferry of Canton harbor - ships rail obscures part of screen.
05:03:29 Peking or Peiping - Map.05:03:50 Street scenes - building in Peking.
05:04:25 The Forbidden City - Emperor’s palaces. The Audience Hall, various shots detailing architecture, statues and carvings.
05:05:43 The Altar and the Temple of Heaven in the Outer City
05:06:47 In the countryside near Peking is the Summer Palace. Gardens and palace.
05:07:26 Nanking in Eastern China - Capital of the new Republic. Map. Avs Nanking, buildings.
05:07:57 Resting plane of Sun Yat-sen. AVs and GVs people standing on steps leading to tomb.
05:08:29 Shanghai - largest city in China. Map. Top shot busy port area. Sign The Bund. Shot from balcony of streets and river.
05:09:41 Sign Nanking Road - sign Sassoon House. People getting on bus - Double decker bus and trams.
05:10:06 Hankow on the Yangtze river. Map. Junks on river. Naval boat.
05:10:41 Transport - Air lines and land routes inside China. Map. Small sea plane, brief shots pilot. AVs rural. Railway steam train - shadow of people on roof of train as passes through countryside.
05:11:30 Southwest and West China. Map. Riverside village - Truck crossing on ferry. Scenic - mountains. Intricate bridge crossing river.
05:13:10 Montage showing contrasting architectural styles of ancient and modern China.
05:14:09 Night scenes - cities - neon lights.
China 1981 Trip Pt. 2 - Shanghai, Suzhou & Nanjing
A trip I took to China in October, 1981, This is part 2 of 3. This video includes Shanghai: Exhibition Hall, Jade Buddha Temple, Jade and Ivory Carving Factory, Shanghai Acrobatic Theater. Suzhou: Master of the Nets Garden, The Grand Canal, North Pagoda, National Embroidery Institute, Liuyuan Garden, Evergreen Peoples Commune, West Garden Temple. Nanjing: City Wall Gate, Martyr's Park, Sun Yat Sen Mausoleum, Madam Chiang Kai-shek House, Yangtze River Bridge, Nanjing Zoo.
1937 JAPANESE ASSAULT ON SHANGHAI WORLD WAR II CHIANG KAI SHEK 83194a
Produced in 1937 and released in both silent and sound versions for the home market by Castle Films, WAR IN CHINA shows the 1937 Japanese assault on Shanghai. At the time the newsreel was produced the United States was strictly neutral and thus the newsreel tended to look more closely at the civilian victims of the conflict and the horror of war than did later Castle releases. The newsreel highlights some of the many Japanese atrocities including the bombing of the Cathay Hotel (8:00) and the indiscriminate bombing of the city by Japanese aircraft (6:00). At 3:55 the work of British, American and other troops to rescue Westerners from the International Settlement (4:00).
During the Japanese onslaught, the terrifying might of the Japanese Army was revealed. Japan was far more superior in air power and number of combat troops and General Chiang Kai-shek's forces were helpless to stop the Japanese forces from bombing, shelling and then finally occupying the city. The enormous civilian loss of life is obvious in these images, including wreckage in front of the famed Cathay Hotel from an explosion on August 14, 1937.
The film includes footage of the foreign fleets, including both U.S. Navy and Royal Navy warships, that were anchored off of Shanghai, and shows Westerners and members of the Shanghai Colony (including a German representative whose hat bears a swastika) helping civilians escape the chaos.
The Battle of Shanghai was the first of the twenty-two major engagements fought between the National Revolutionary Army (NRA) of the Republic of China (ROC) and the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) of the Empire of Japan during the Second Sino-Japanese War. It was one of the largest and bloodiest battles of the entire war, described as Stalingrad on the Yangtze.
Since 1931, there had been ongoing armed conflicts between China and Japan without an official declaration of war. These conflicts finally escalated in July 1937, when the Marco Polo Bridge Incident triggered the full invasion from Japan. Dogged Chinese resistance at Shanghai was aimed at stalling the rapid Japanese advance, giving much needed time for the Chinese government to move vital industries to the interior, while at the same time attempting to bring sympathetic Western powers to China's side. During the fierce three-month battle, Chinese and Japanese troops fought in downtown Shanghai, in the outlying towns, and on the beaches of the Yangtze River and Hangzhou Bay, where the Japanese had made amphibious landings.
The Chinese soldiers had to rely primarily on small-caliber weapons in their defense of Shanghai, against an overwhelming Japanese onslaught of air, naval, and armored striking power. In the end, Shanghai fell, and China lost a significant portion of its best troops, while also failing to elicit any international intervention. The resistance of Chinese forces, however, shocked the Japanese,[clarification needed] who had been indoctrinated with notions of cultural and martial superiority, and dramatically demoralized the Imperial Japanese Army.
The battle can be divided into three stages, and eventually involved nearly one million troops. The first stage lasted from August 13 to August 22, 1937, during which the NRA attempted to eradicate Japanese troop presence in downtown Shanghai. The second stage lasted from August 23 to October 26, 1937, during which the Japanese launched amphibious landings on the Jiangsu coast and the two armies fought a Stalingrad-type house-to-house battle, with the Japanese attempting to gain control of the city and the surrounding regions. The last stage, ranging from October 27 to the end of November 1937, involved the retreat of the Chinese army in the face of Japanese flanking maneuvers, and the ensuing combat on the road to China's capital, Nanjing.
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THE NANJING MASSACRE - DOCUMENTARY OF THE RAPE OF NANKING
The Nanjing massacre, also known as Nanking massacre or rape of Nanking, is one of the darkest events of the History of China. The war crimes orchastrated by the Imperial Japanese Army have left a great mark in history and the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
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揭秘遠東第一別墅
從空中俯瞰南京的美齡宮，就像是一串巨大的金色項鏈，它被美國前駐華大使司徒雷登稱為“遠東第一別墅”。關於美齡宮一直有不少流言：有人說“項鏈”造型，是蔣介石給宋美齡的禮物；有人說當時建造花費巨資，導致民間反對聲不斷……一條與東南大學建築學院副教授汪曉茜，一起探訪了這座傳奇別墅。
When overlooked, the May-ling Palace of Nanjing appears to be a huge golden necklace. John Leighton Stuart, the former United States ambassador to China praised it as the “Best Villa in Far East”. There have been a lot of rumors about the villa: Some say that the necklace look is a gift from Chiang Kai-shek to Soong May-ling; and some say that the construction cost a fortune, leading to continuous civil opposition ...Yitiao paid a visit to the legendary villa with Wang Xiaoxqian, an associate professor at the School of Architecture at Southeast University.
A Visit to Wuxi from Nanjing
A memorable trip to Wuxi (Chinese: 无锡) which is a city in southern Jiangsu province, eastern China, 135 kilometers (84 mi) by car to the northwest of downtown Shanghai, between Changzhou and Suzhou.
Soong May-ling's Palace Renovated in Mainland China
Taiwan's nationalist leader visits tomb of party founder
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Nanjing
1. Exterior of Sun Yat-sen mausoleum
2. Stone lion at entrance to mausoleum
3. Taiwan Nationalist Party vice-chairman Chiang Pin-kung, his wife and his delegation waving to public and press at mausoleum
4. Nationalist Party delegation walking up steps to mausoleum entrance
5. Sun Yat-sen tombstone with Chinese characters
6. Chiang pointing
7. Sun mausoleum entrance with long staircase
8. Crowd gathered on stairs, watching
9. Chiang and delegates standing and waving
10. Stone statue of Sun Yat-sen
11. Sun statue, Chiang and delegates standing to attention before statue
12. Chiang bows before statue of Sun
13. Chiang and delegates bowing before statue
14. Chiang and delegates standing in silence before statue
15. Sun statue with flower wreaths
16. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chiang Pin-kung, Taiwan Nationalist Party vice-chairman:
Today, for the Taiwanese economy, we can not separate ourselves into ruling and opposition political parties. That is what the people want. So today we are making this pioneering trip. We are also trying to solve the issues across the Taiwan Strait, especially the economic and trade issues.
17. Sun Yat-sen photograph hanging on wall, Chiang walking into room at former Nationalist Party Presidential Palace
18. Chiang
19. Exterior entrance to former presidential palace
20. Chiang driving out of palace, Chiang rolls down window and waves
Beijing
21. Chiang and wife debarking aircraft at Beijing airport
22. Chiang shaking hands with vice-director of the Taiwan affairs office, Li Bingcai
23. Chiang shaking hands with vice party secretary of Beijing, Long Xingmin
24. Reporters
25. Chiang shaking hands with group of businessmen, receives flowers
26. Chiang standing amidst group of reporters
27. SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Chiang Pin-kung - Taiwan Nationalist Party vice-chairman
Due to economic issues, this time we hope to exchange views with the relative authorities. I recognise that the most important issue for the (Taiwan) Strait is the economic issue and we should use the economic issue as a medium to slow down tension.
28. Medium shot press surrounding Chiang
STORYLINE
A leader of Taiwan's Nationalist (Kuomintang) party on Wednesday visited the tomb of party founder Sun Yat-sen during a history-making visit to China that underscored a warming in relations with their former Communist enemies.
Vice chairman Chiang Pin-kung placed a wreath at Sun's mausoleum outside Nanjing, the Nationalists' former capital.
Both Taiwan and mainland China revere Sun as leader of the 1911 revolution that ended imperial rule and created a republic.
Chiang also visited the former Nationalist presidential office in Nanjing, where he signed a guest book with the phrase Icebreaking journey.
From Nanjing, Chiang travelled to Beijing for talks with Chinese officials.
The vice-chairman's five-day trip to China comes just days after hundreds of thousands of Taiwanese marched to protest Beijing's anti-secession law, passed earlier this month.
The new law - authorising an attack on self-ruled Taiwan if it tries to make its de facto independence permanent - led to a surge of opposition in Taiwan.
The Nationalists, now Taiwan's main opposition party, have billed Chiang's visit as the first by a party leader to China since 1949, when the Nationalists lost a civil war to the Communists and fled to Taiwan.
Both the Nationalists and the Communists see Chiang's trip as sealing a reconciliation.
They have found common cause in their desire to unite Taiwan with the mainland and their dislike for independence-minded Taiwanese
President Chen Shui-bian.
Taiwan cut ties with China after 1949, but trade and travel have flourished since the 1990s.
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XIAN MUTINY AND NANKING MASSACRE'S IMPACT ON ASIA(1/2)
In this most devastating period in Asia's history, between 1911 to 1949, Sun Yat-sen regime-changed the longest and most splendid civilization on Earth, that is the Chinese dynasty, to a Divided States of China. Chiang Kai-shek then continued by whole-selling out what was left of China to the highest bidder -- America.
In Japan, Meiji Emperor started the transformation of Japan to an industrial militocracy. But at the end，the alluring Asia culture was too strong to resist that Japan initiated a call for Asia for Asians, in order to rally a united front to repel Western colonists from their century-old aggression in Asia. This effort, however, was fatally thwarted by America's dirtiest trick in the form of a known forgery call the Tanaka Memorial. The Tanaka Plan, as it was publicized to the world by America, was forged by America as a self-fulfilling prophecy, that would make sure that Japan's good intentions for Asia would be turned into an evil ambition for world conquest. It has served as a divide and conquer tool by the Westerners to maintain their domination over Asia to this day.
Then, as trouble never visits along, there awaited for Asia were two pivoting events, Xian Mutiny and Nanking Massacre, that combined to doom the fate of Asia for the next decade and more, with so much treacheries and intrigues that most Asians are still not quite sure what really hit them.
Xian Mutiny provided the opportunity for America to establish a remote Christian foothold in Asia. The Naking Massacre served as a death knot to wedge Sino-Japanese relation. Such a wedge has been fanatically preserved by all the subversive Chinese Christian faithfuls in China and abroad. More than the watchful eyes of the salivating American military bases in Asia, this brutal wedge has prevented many low-key efforts by Chinese and Japanese leaders to mend the relation of the two countries for the last 70 years.
In the Xian Mutiny, one honorable Chinese, General Yang, gave his life and sacrificed this family to save the peasant army of Mao from the final mop-up campaign by Chiang Kai-shek. While another, General Chang, acquired fame and luxury by trading in the lives of millions Asians.
As to the defending commander General Tang of Nanking, even though Chiang attempted to lie to the world that he was responsible for letting the Nanking Massacre happen in Nanking and was ordered to be executed for deserting his command in Nanking, the truth of the matter was that the Chinese communist government finally took him in and recognized his heroism and rewarded him with high positions in China's leadership until he died a ripe old age. But more than anything, he preserved for us the truth of what really happened in Nanking.
And as to Asia itself, it was a final courageous and noble act by Japan that resulted in a monumental turn around in which Asia was able to climb out of the hell hole of nuke threats and pending extermination of China's peasant army by the victorious America and its Chinese puppet government of Chiang Kai-shek.
This act was the passing of baton, in the form of 700,000-soldier strong military equipments, to Mao, in defiance of Chiang's order to fight Mao for another month. This was all done after Japan has already been reduced to a walking corpse, after its unconditional surrender to America and Chiang.
Then Mao matched this noble act of Japan with a valiant victory against Chiang, who was equipped with American weapons. This was later followed by a courageous decision to forgive Japan's crimes in China. Mao's generosity was then reciprocally rewarded by Japan in terms of a massive, but secret, financial loan to China that supported a quarter of the cost of China's infrastructure building during China's most critical years in the early part of the reform and open era. The precious nature of this valuable loan from Japan to China was never revealed until it's over. China's Premier Wen officially thanked Japan in his last visit to Japan.
Today, however, Asia is still struggling to come together. This is because, it so happens, the same dream of a unified Asia has been looked upon by America as the West's worst nightmare.
MADAM SUN YAT SEN IN INDIA
Madam Sun Yat Sen is at present visiting India, as a Guest of Mr Nehru.
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Mass Migration from Nanking 1937
As the Japanese forces approaches toward Nanking, Chiang Kai Shek's Kuomingtan Party decided to relocate its headquarters westward from Nanking to Chungking in November 1937. According to this film, 30 million people moved westward. Factories and roads were bombed and destructed so as not to get utilized them by the Japanese. The lands were burned and scorched.
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170 years of historical events leading to Modern China with scenes of Japan Attacks Manchuria, Chiang Kai-shek, Madame Chiang, War Against Communist Forces, Communist The Long March, Xi'an Incident, Japanese Bombing of Shanghai, Nanking Sacked By Japanese and more.
00:04 Japan attacks Manchuria September 18, 1931 and the soldiers of Chang Hsueh-liang cannot stop the Japanese Army and Chiang Kai-shek cannot send help. By Spring of 1932 the Japanese controlled all of Manchuria and renames it Manchukuo. Shows the outrage of the Chinese people, but Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang knows the National Government of The Republic of China does not have modern tanks, artillery and planes to fight the Japanese. Brief images of the antiquated aircrafts in Chiang Kai-shek army. Several scenes of Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang. In addition, the Chinese Communist that Chiang Kai-shek thought was eradicated had returned as a major force again.
01:40 Mao Tse-tung leader of the communist movement in China decided the key to a revolution lay with the peasants that lived in bleak, filthy villages and was treated poorly by landlords. Scenes of peasant villages. Show worker plowing a field with an oxen, another scene of peasants pulling a wooden plow.
02:51 Chiang Kai-shek insisted he cannot fight the Japanese until the enemy within, the Communist, were destroyed. From 1930 until 1935 Chiang Kai-shek drove his Nationalist Army to fight the Communist peasants of Mao-Tse-tung. Scenes of the ground and air war against communist guerrillas as villages are bombed. Shows planes being armed, in-flight, and bombing villages of Communist guerrillas Chinese Communists forces, facing defeat, retreated on what became known in history as the Long March. Animated map shows the route of the “Long March” (October 1934-October 1935) as Mao-Tse-tung's Communist Army of peasants evaded the pursuit of the Nationalist Army under Chiang Kai-shek and fled to Yan'an that became the capital of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
05:44 In 1936 Mao Tse-tung changed his tactics and calls for the end of the civil war and a united front against Japan. Chiang Kai-shek resisted and in December 1936 Chiang Kai-shek flew to the city of Xi'an to see Chang Hsueh-liang (Zhang Xueliang or The Young Marshall) to encourage him to continue the fight against the Communist. This trip led to the “Xi'an Incident” an important turning point in Chinese history. On 12 December 1936, Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, the leader of the Kuomintang, was arrested by Chang Hsueh-liang (Zhang Xueliang or The Young Marshall), former warlord of Manchuria and Commander of the North Eastern Army who had fought against the Japanese occupation of Manchuria. This incident led to a truce between the Nationalists and the Communists so as to form a united front against Japan. Christmas 1936 shows Ford tri-motor plane landing at Nanking with President Chiang Kai-shek after the “Xi'an Incident”. Chiang Kai-shek announced the army of the National Government of The Republic of China and the Communist army of Mao Tse-tung would unite to fight the Armies of Japan.
08:52 July 1937 scene and sound of air raid siren as Japanese planes bomb Shanghai. Scenes of civilians running for cover. Ships of the Japanese Imperial Navy shells Shanghai. Scenes of burning buildings and boats and widespread destruction. Shows Japanese soldiers racing through the streets of Shanghai. Madam Chiang announces the attack on China by Japan, scenes of the horror of war. Shows a Japanese flag waving in the breeze over Shanghai, Nanking is sacked and raped. Shows the destruction of Chinese cities as the Japanese push up the Yangtze River in the winter and spring of 1938.
10:34 In the North a different vision of tomorrow's China guides the Communist Party of China (CPC). Scenes of the village of Yan'an, Capital of the CPC in China. Their troops are called the Eighth Route Army (8th Route Army), but the united front to fight the Japanese dissolves as Communist generals ignore orders from Chiang Kai-shek. Their strategy is to make an independent war against Japan.
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Nanjing Road,Shanghai,China
history documentary 1937 sino-japanese battle of Shanghai real camera from Journalist 西方記者鏡頭下的淞滬會戰
In 1937, the first major clash of forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and the Chinese National Republican Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War was recorded in the Battle of Shanghai, or also known as the Battle of Songhu.
During the Japanese onslaught, the terrifying might of the Japanese Army was revealed. Apparently, Japan was far more superior in air power and number of combat troops and China was helpless at stopping the Japanese forces from occupying Shanghai. China had to brave hell and high waters to prevent the invasion of Japan on the capital.
China, despite its bold stand against Japan, was at the losing end. Japan had been making attempts into Chinese territory since 1932. The Chinese are no strangers to the military might of Japan. They tried to protect important industries by removing them from the capital and into the interior China. They aimed their defenses at Shanghai to buy time to move their industries and make allies of the Western powers.
The Battle of Shanghai lasted for three months in three strategic areas in the city — downtown Shanghai, the towns surrounding the city, and the Jiangsu coast where the Japanese amphibians made their offensive landings.
The Chinese desperately relied on small caliber weapons against the heavy artillery fire power, air and naval might and armored defenses of Japan. The bravery, stubbornness and determination of China made it possible for the country to withstand three months defending Shanghai.
At the end of the battle, Shanghai fell and Japan gained control over the city. The best of its troops were defeated. However, the Japanese were surprised at the length of time that the Chinese troops were able to make a stand in the city. They expected a short battle and a swift victory given their military superiority. They did not expect to receive such a blow from China and even tried to grab victory using all means at their dispense even the “less honorable” actions. Their morale drastically fell over the heavy losses they incurred.
The Battle of Shanghai occurred in three phases. The first stage, which occurred in downtown Shanghai, lasted from August 13 to August 22 of that year.
The second phase occurred on August 23 until October 26 of the same year. The Japanese forces focused their assaults at the Jiangsu beaches. From house to house, the Chinese fought to defend their city and the surrounding towns while the Japanese tried to invade.
The second phase, which occurred along the 40 kilometer stretch from downtown Shanghai to Liuhe village, was said to be the bloodiest. The Japanese forces landed wave upon wave at the village of Liuhe while the Chinese defended at the metropolitan area of Shanghai. Thousands were said to have died during the intense combat.
During the third phase, China’s forces retreated from the metropolitan center of Shanghai. They left the areas they fought hard to defend for 75 days to withdraw.
Then General Chiang Kai-shek of China summoned all of the best divisions to defend Shanghai. At the end of the battle, these elite divisions lost 60% of their forces including 10,000 of the 25,000 junior officers. The battle crippled China’s forces making recovery next to impossible.
The Chinese fought to buy time and time they did have at the expense of hundreds of thousands of lives. But help never came and many fell to a strategy that failed to woe foreign allies.
The Chinese, however, were successful in relocating many of their industries to the interior. The Japanese also suffered losses that they were not able to immediately penetrate into Nanjing. China also proved in history that its citizens do not easily give in to invading powers despite its inferiority in armaments.
The intense and full-scale battle was very costly in terms of military as well as civilian casualties.
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