Living Under Japanese Occupation
Japan controlled Taiwan as a colony from 1895 to 1945. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Chinese language education and publications stopped and the Imperial Subject Movement tried to Japanize resi...
27 Maj 202429min
The Brilliance of Chairman Mao
By the early 1940s, the Communists in Yan’an were feeling relatively secure. The Japanese advance in north China had not reached that area. The Sino-Japanese War and the United Front meant that Chiang...
7 Apr 202420min
Hope and the Second United Front in Wuhan
For ten months in 1938, Hankou in Wuhan was the center of China's Second United Front and defense against the Japanese invasion.Artistic expression, political parties and free speech all blossomed. Ne...
3 Mars 202426min
The National Palace Museum Treasures During the Second Sino Japanese War
The treasures of the National Palace Museum, originally the Forbidden City, followed China's path. They escaped the invading Japanese by leaving Beijing, first for Shanghai, then Nanjing and then foll...
12 Feb 202455min
The Beginning of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Nanjing Massacre
On July 7, 1937, the Second Sino-Japanese War and World War II began with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident. It is also known as the Lugou Bridge Incident. Within days of the small skirmish with 100 Chin...
15 Jan 202425min
Chiang Kai Shek is Kidnapped
After the Long March, the Chinese Communists were mostly in northern Shaanxi, wanting a breather. Japan had continued its aggression in China after it set up the puppet state of Manchukuo under Empero...
7 Jan 202416min
The Long March
Zhou Enlai planned in secret the details of the Chinese Communist's escape from the encirclement of the Central Soviet. He identified a Guangdong warlord who preferred to save his troops rather than f...
25 Dec 202341min
