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America Perceived - The Making of Chinese Images of the United States, 1945-1953 (Hardcover, New)
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America Perceived - The Making of Chinese Images of the United States, 1945-1953 (Hardcover, New)
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While American images of China have been characterized by a
fluctuating "love/hate" relationship, many educated urban Chinese
youths also retained ambivalent feelings toward the United States
in the early decades of the 20th century. The years between the end
of the Second World War and the outbreak of the Korean War
represented a significant period in Sino-American relations. This
study places the shifting perceptions of the United States among an
important political group--young, volatile, and politically active
urban Chinese--into historical perspective through the examination
of the origin, development, and eruption of their anti-American
sentiment. These feelings would prove to be a liability to the
Chinese Nationalist cause and would ultimately assist in easing the
way of the Communists into urban China. In the immediate post-World
War II period, American influence and presence in China reached an
unprecedented peak. However, American political, military, and
economic activities largely failed to generate Chinese good will;
instead, such actions produced political antipathy toward the
United States. The sojourn of American GIs in urban China, for
example, would serve as a critical factor in arousing nationalist
fervor. The Chinese Communist Party would capitalize on this
groundswell and push it to the foreground during open hostilities
with the United States after the outbreak of the Korean War.
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