The Revolution in China
The Revolution in China
The Chinese Revolution
Statement by Harry S.Truman on the United States Policy towards China (16 December 1945)
TextOn 16 December 1945, US President Harry S. Truman issues a statement on US policy towards China and deplores the rise of the Communists.
Chiang Kai-shek (Shanghai, 1946)
BildIn 1946, Chiang Kai-shek, former Head of the Chinese Nationalist Government, addresses the Chinese people upon his return to Shanghai following the Japanese occupation. On Chiang’s right is Lieutenant-General A. C. Wedemeyer, Commander of the US forces in China, and on his left is his wife, Soong May-ling.
'The Marshal has left the stage' from the Süddeutsche Zeitung (22 January 1949)
TextOn 22 January 1949, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung paints a picture of the Chinese Nationalist leader Chiang Kai-shek, who is forced to retreat after Chinese Communists troops take Peking.
'Shanghai has fallen without a fight' from Le Monde (27 May 1949)
TextOn 27 May 1949, the special correspondent of the French daily newspaper Le Monde describes how Mao Tse-Tung’s Communist troops took Shanghai.
Chiang Kai-shek
BildThe leader of the Chinese Nationalist Party, Chiang Kai-shek (1886–1975), fought against Japanese control and then against the Communist Party led by Mao Tse-Tung. Defeated in 1949, he went into exile in Formosa.
Harry S. Truman, Mémoires
TextDans ses Mémoires, le président américain Harry S. Truman se souvient de la politique menée par les États-Unis face à la guerre civile en Chine au lendemain de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
‘Liberated China' from Pravda (1 October 1949)
TextOn 1 October 1949, on the occasion of the proclamation of the People’s Republic of China, the Soviet daily newspaper Pravda praises the Chinese people, led by Mao Tse-Tung, for their efforts in this successful revolution.
'Revolution in Asia' from Le Figaro
TextOn 5 January 1950, in the French newspaper Le Figaro, Raymond Aron examines the causes and the consequences of the Communist victory in China.
‘By recognising Mao, the British hope to safeguard their interests in China’ from Corriere della Sera (7 January 1950)
TextOn 7 January 1950, the Italian daily newspaper Corriere della Sera comments on the recognition of Mao Tse-Tung’s Communist China by Great Britain and describes the position taken by the United States towards the Communist leader’s accession to power.
Mao Tse-tung
BildThe founder of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), Mao Tse-tung (1893–1976), was President of the People’s Republic of China from 1954 to 1959. He was behind the Great Leap Forward and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution (1965–1968).
Parade in honour of Mao Tse-Tung
BildPeople’s parade through the streets of Peking in honour of the Chinese Communist leader, Mao Tse-Tung.