Day: August 19, 2016

The Chinese Revolution of 1949 (Part-4) The Second Sino-Japanese War and The Yenan Period, 1937-1945 In September 1936, the Japanese government presented secret demands to the government of Chiang Kai-Shek. Disguised as proposals for a common war against the communists, their acceptance would have meant Japanese domination over China. In December 1936, Chiang went north […]

The Chinese Revolution of 1949 (Part-3) THE CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY Founding of Chinese Communist Party: As with Russian Marxists, the main problem facing the Chinese Marxists was the fact that the vast majority of the population was made up not of workers, but of peasants. Li Dazhao circumvented this obstacle by claiming that foreign exploitation […]