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1943 - China at the Crossroads (Paperback)
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1943 - China at the Crossroads (Paperback)
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In the grand narrative of modern Chinese history, 1943 is usually
passed over with little notice. Great attention has been paid to
critical watersheds in Chinese history-the end of the empire in
1911, the outbreak of full-scale war with Japan in 1937, or the
triumph of the Chinese Communist revolution in 1949. What can we
learn if we focus attention on a less dramatic year? In 1943, in
the middle of World War II, the Allies renounced the unequal
treaties, Chiang Kai-shek wrote China's Destiny and met with
Roosevelt and Churchill at Cairo, and Mme Chiang made her memorable
trip to the United States. From the northwestern province of
Xinjiang to the southern smuggling entrepot of Guangzhouwan, the
stories of calculating politicians, suspected spies, starving
peasants, downtrodden intellectuals, recalcitrant preachers, and
star-crossed actors come together to illuminate the significance of
this year for China as a whole. In thirteen topical chapters, both
the achievements and the disappointments of 1943 are explored in an
effort to capture a moment in time when China stood at a crossroads
but the road ahead lay shrouded in the impenetrable fog of war.
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