Complete Edition of Zhou Fohai's Diaries

Author: Zhou Fohai
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Zhou Fohai was a significant figure on the political stage during the Republican era. In the early 1920s, when the Communist Party of China was established in China, Zhou Fohai became one of its founding members. In the late 1920s, with the complete breakdown of relations between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and the intensification of their struggle, as well as the escalation of conflicts among various factions within the Nationalist government, Zhou Fohai also became a trusted aide and important advisor to Chiang Kai-shek, the Military Committee Chairman of the Nationalist government.
Zhou Fohai was a significant figure on the political stage during the Republican era. After the outbreak of the War of Resistance Against Japan, he followed Wang Jingwei in escaping to Chongqing and established a pseudoregime in Nanjing, becoming one of the most powerful and prominent figures in the puppet regime after Wang Jingwei. Due to his key positions, the content he recorded was extremely extensive, including negotiations conducted in secret with Japan, the process and thoughts behind his escape from Chongqing, and the details of various meetings within the Wang Group. It also documented the handling of military, financial, diplomatic, and intelligence activities. The complete collection includes diaries from 1937, 1938, 1940–1945, and 1947, which represent all the existing diaries of Zhou Fohai that have been found to date. These diaries hold significant historical value.