EAN: 9789811004933

THE MAKING OF CHINAS WAR WITH JAPAN - MAYUMI IT...

This cutting edge study examines the career of Chinese politician and diplomat Zhou Enlai
(1898-1976) and assesses his leadership role in the Communist Party of China's (CPC) strategy
against the Japanese invasion of China which established the foundation for post-World War II
Sino-Japanese relations. It considers how Zhou dealt with Japanese imperialism during his
midcareer  from the May Fourth Movement to the formation of the second United Front between the
Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) and the CPC against Japan  which paved the way for the Chinese
victory in the second Sino-Japanese War. Addressing significant moments such as the Manchurian
incident and the Xi'an Incident  it provides a thought-provoking reexamination of Zhou's
involvement in the May Fourth Movement of 1919  the first national grassroots movement in the
modern history of China calling for anti-imperialism and nationalism  and also of his time in
Europe  as essential background to understand the birth of the CPC and Zhou's role in it  as
well as Zhou's collaboration with Zhang Xueliang  the culprit of the Xi'an Incident. Through an
in-depth analysis of primary sources  including Zhou's own writings  the oral history of
Chinese officials  and newly declassified diplomatic archives  this work presents a
comprehensive and accurate account of Zhou's career against the backdrop of Japanese
imperialism.

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