Liu Cuigang flew his first combat mission of the Second Sino-Japanese War, attacking Japanese warships at the mouth of the Yangtze River in the Shanghai area in eastern China in a Hawk III fighter. The mission was called off due to weather. [Liu Cuigang | Shanghai | CPC]13...
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This blog has previously introduced a small, but growing number of re-enactors that specialize in the Chinese side of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Their expanding numbers are testimony to the strengthening awareness in the west of the burden shouldered by China in challenging Japanese imperialism...
I have been interested in the Second Sino-Japanese War for the past 15 years, and it’s been a source of constant wonder to me that there is so little literature about the subject in English and other western language. After all, it’s not exactly a small part of the war. China tied...
Japan had been at war with China since 1937 in what has been named the Second Sino-Japanese War when China finally mounted resistance to the Japanese invasion of its territory in 1931. But it wasn’t until December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan), Japan declared war on the United States,...
Wandering through the historic Marco Polo Bridge, the site of the 1937 skirmish that ignited the Second Sino-Japanese War Visiting Linhai and Quzhzou, where Doolittle Raiders received lifesaving treatment in 1942 Exploring Jewish historical areas in Shanghai and the Sihang Warehouse, where 800 Chine...
Image by Fran Gubbey When trying to take photos of street vendors, you may encounter a few words or waving hands from cooks. If so, just move on. It is likely they don’t possess a license and fear possible repercussions from local authorities. Properly licensed or not, it’s wise to...
When the family flees to Los Angeles in the face of the Japanese occupation, he chooses to stay, believing his connections and luck will keep him safe.He’s wrong—but he survives, only to again choose Shanghai over his family during the Second World War. Anna and her father reconnect ...
when the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War led Zhang to leave Shanghai as a member of a cartoonist propaganda troupe. He traveled all over China during the war, finally returning to Shanghai in 1945, and quickly returned also to his Sanmao character, producing a new series of cartoons that...
But all involved the same men, exchanging the same second-hand scholarly gossip. Genuine information was rare, and for good reason: Such study was not sanctioned by the government."We've produced more than two dozen papers to date," one retired professor told me. When I asked for copies,...