Topography of Red Memories in Modern China Blog
After the CCP decided to abandon the Jiangxi Soviet in summer 1934 (Karl 2010: 46), the party leadership sought to found more new base areas in the northwest of China to resist the constant...
During the first three years of the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945), the Japanese invading army conquered a large part of Northern China. In 1940, a military campaign was initiated by Zhu De 朱德 (1886-1976)...
The Education Base of the Red International Underground Route in the city of Manzhouli 满州里市红色国际秘密交通线教育基地 was planned as a major Red Tourism site in 2005 with an investment of 127 million RMB (Liukun). By 2021...
After the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) broke out in July 1937, the Japanese invading army captured large areas in northeastern China, where one of the most important communist forces, the Eighth Route Army 八路军,...
During the Chinese Civil War (1945-1949), young people sacrificed themselves for the CCP. After the People’s Republic was founded, some of them were glorified as “role models” for the Communist movement, like the young...
In 1932, Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek 蒋介石 (1887-1975) decided to intensify his ambition to reduce the influence of the Communist Party, which had become an increasing threat to the supremacy of the Guomindang. After several...
When the “Sino-Soviet Split” reached its climax during the 1960s, it had an important impact on China’s military policy. According to Jeremy Friedman, especially the time between 1963 and 1965 can be seen as...
During the Second-Sino Japanese War (1937-1945), the National Revolutionary Army 国民革命军 relied on foreign help to fight against the Japanese invading army. In 1941, the USA started to set up an airlift to supply...
During the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937-1945) and the Chinese Civil War (1946-1949), the headquarter of the CCP Central Committee often changed its venue due to air raids or other acts of warfare. In 1947,...
In 1927, several uprisings were initiated by the Communist Party against its national opponent, the GMD. After the Nanchang Uprising 南昌起义 and the Autumn Harvest Uprising 秋收起义 had failed, another insurrection was launched by the CCP at Guangzhou...
During the Northern Expedition 国民革命军北伐 (1926-1928), the GMD and the CCP worked together to fight warlords and separatists, which still controlled huge parts of Chinese territory. According to Rebecca Karl, this period can be...
In 1937, the Second United front was forged between the GMD and the CCP to fight together against the Japanese invading army, which was about to gain more and more control over Chinese territory....
After the Communist troops prevailed over the GMD under its leader Chiang Kaishek 蒋介石 (1887-1975), the Communist Party started to honor several martyrs of the People’s Liberation Army 人民解放军, who had contributed in an...
After the CCP was founded in July 1921, Mao Zedong 毛泽东 (1893-1976) and the party leadership started to disseminate Marxist-Leninist ideology among workers in order to make them supporters of the Chinese communist movement. ...
After the Autumn Harvest Uprising 秋收起义 had failed in September 1927, the GMD under its leader Chiang Kai-shek 蒋介石 (1887-1975) forced the CCP to withdraw and search for a new base of operations. On...