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Attributed to the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War on July 7, 1937, the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Communist Party of China agreed to form a temporary alliance for resisting the Empire of Japan. As a result of the truce between the…

As a result of losing the Battle of Taiyuan, the Eighth Route Army established anti-Japanese bases in northwest China that had favourable terrain and mass base for supporting guerrilla warfare.

(See: Lew, Christopher R, and Pak-Wah Leung.…

“Down with Landlords, redistribute their land” was raised by the Communist Party-led Red army during the Chinese civil war between the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Communist Party of China -led government of the Republic of China and the…

With less forces and weapons, the Eighth Route Army launched guerrilla warfare instead of conventional warfare for the purpose of fighting with the Japanese Army. By means of raid, Guerrilla Warfare has high degree of mobility, flexibility,…

In Spring 1941, the Eighth Route Army undertook a mass production movement in Nanniwan, a gorge controlled by the Chinese Communist Party in Shaanxi, in response to the deteriorating relations with the nationalists and economic hardship. Party…

打倒日本帝国
Translation: Down with Empire of Japan!
Transliterated: dǎdǎo rìběn dìguó
This was a slogan of political propaganda advocated by the Chinese Communist Party during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

反内战反独裁 fǎn nèizhàn fǎn dúcái No Civil War, No dictatorship ; 争民主争自由 zhēng mínzhǔ zhēng zìyóu Fight for democracy, fight for freedom ; 反饥饿反内战 fǎn jī’è fǎn nèizhàn No Hunger, No Civil War ; "Unity is strength" is a song indicating strong opposition of…

The military conflicts, Huaihai Campaign, in the late stage of the Chinese Civil War between the Chinese Nationalist Party and the Chinese Communist Party lasted from November 1948 to January 1949. The Nationalists lost half a million troops in this…

The Chinese People's Liberation Army led by the Chinese Communist Party launched a large-scale strategic offensive battle from 20 April to June 1949 for the occupation of political and economic center located in the middle and lower reaches of the…

“The Chinese People Have Stood Up” was Mao Zedong’s opening address at the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference on 21 September 1949. Mao declared the founding of the People's Republic of China on October 1,…