Chiang Kai-shek

1. How did Chiang Kai-shek lose control of China? Chiang Kai-shek lost control of China not because of the intervention of foreign powers, but due to the various domestic problems in China. Although the CCP received assistance from the Soviet Union and Stalin’s advice to overthrow the Nationalists, it only contributed to the Communists’ victory by a small amount. This was because Chiang’s Nationalist government angered both the peasants and middle class due to the government’s inability to solve…

During the mid-1930’s Mao spoke out against Chiang Kaishek, the leader of the GMD, and his continuing attacks on the Red Army. Even as the Japanese were invading main land China (Karl 54). This decision to put the responsibility for the Japanese conquest of China was successful in gaining popular…

Q7. The Nationalists and Communists faced an arduous ongoing Civil War in China, the only brief pause they took was to fight the Japanese who had come to take over China. Soon thereafter, the Communists and Nationalists went back to their ways during the Civil War. The leader of the Communist party was Mao Zedong, together they controlled a massive area in northwestern China, mainly the north. The Communists mobilized peasants for guerilla war against the Japanese in the northeast. Due to the…

Farewell, My Concubine is a Chinese film that presents the lives of two men who found great fame in Peking opera in 20th century China. While the film shows their skill within the art and the successful lives they gained with it, it also shows the hardships that they had to face as children, then later as adults when the government and society of China changes before them as they age. This film is not only a great introduction to the vibrant and beautiful art of Peking opera, but also provides a…

Manhua Journey to the West, a graphic novel by Zhang Guangyu in 1945, is a nod to the Chinese classic Journey to the Wets by Wu Cheng'en written in the year 1592. It is written around the reign of the KMT and during the second Sino-Japanese War. From which Zhang uses the style in which Journey to the West was written to "implicate" poke fun of the government and their policies. How does Zhang Guang use the classic Journey to the west to explain the events around 1945 circa China? Why does he…

The impact of the Sino-Japanese war on the Chinese State’s economy was completely negative,because, the war, severely harmed China’s modernization efforts. At the same time, the Chinese government encouraged both foreign and domestic investment into the economy, invested in heavy industries, promoted internal unity, intervened in the private sector to prevent its collapse and pursued policies that lead to the rapid development of cities and towns throughout the country. Not to mention…

If you 're looking for a unique elephant encounter you 'll find it in Chiang Mai, Thailand at the Elephant Nature Park. This place is an expansive sanctuary and home to many of Thailand 's distressed elephants. They not only save and care for elephants in need, they also rescue dogs and cats. Luckily for us, they 've made it their mission to educate the public about general animal welfare and the torment that many elephants are forced to endure for the tourism industry. Why is that little…

The personal preference about the attraction for HongKong & Dubai The taste of people is just like the personality, no one has the exactly same compared to others. For me, there are parts I like and dislike both in HongKong & Dubai, for example: As foodie (likes tasting all kinds of food), the first thing I search for in a city is the food center. HongKong is recognized as a food paradise, but it is also a city that never sleeps( a paradise for people having fun). There are more than ten…

The characters Chiang Kai-shek, Mao Zedong, and Wang Jingwei formed the triumvirate leadership established at the onset of the 20th century, that would forever set China on a transformational path towards modernity and further establish its stature in the international community as a modernized progressive superpower. Yet, the establishment of China today as an economic, geographic, and political powerhouse was not a sudden formative moment in history that led to China’s rapid development. In…

After her husband’s death in 1975, Madame Kai-Shek stayed in Taiwan but left Taipei in 1991 at the age of 93 and although she was no longer part of Chinese politics, she was still linked to that country. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek relocated to New York, where she lived and battled cancer until she passed away at the age of 105 on the 24th of October in 2003. Her death caused a widespread of grief and felt like “an end of an era” because she was the last person alive who was a significant person…