Red Sun, White Sun: The Revelation of the Second Sino-Communist Cooperation

Author: Liu Jianwei
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Over ten secret meetings led to the greatest compromise and cooperation between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang after the Xi'an Incident and the July 7th Incident amidst the thunderous artillery fire on the Shanghai battlefield; in the following years, the two parties talked and paused, with constant military friction, the Southern Anhui Incident pushing the cooperative relationship to the brink of collapse; the outbreak of the Pacific War brought the two parties back to the negotiating table, China joined the Four Great Powers of the Anti-Fascist Alliance, the Kuomintang asserted pressure, the Communist Party made the conflict between the two parties public, and negotiations were suspended again; US mediation proved futile, the two sides entered a cold war until Japan's surrender, ultimately leading to a full-scale civil war, with the Communist Party winning a complete victory on the mainland and the Kuomintang retreating to Taiwan in isolation.
Over ten secret meetings led to the greatest compromise and cooperation between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang after the Xi'an Incident and the July 7th Incident amidst the thunderous artillery fire on the Shanghai battlefield; in the following years, the two parties talked and paused, with constant military friction, the Southern Anhui Incident pushing the cooperative relationship to the brink of collapse; the outbreak of the Pacific War brought the two parties back to the negotiating table, China joined the Four Great Powers of the Anti-Fascist Alliance, the Kuomintang asserted pressure, the Communist Party made the conflict between the two parties public, and negotiations were suspended again; US mediation proved futile, the two sides entered a cold war until Japan's surrender, ultimately leading to a full-scale civil war, with the Communist Party winning a complete victory on the mainland and the Kuomintang retreating to Taiwan in isolation.
This book comprehensively showcases the relationship between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang during the eight-year War of Resistance: there are the brilliant strategic struggles between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek, as well as over 90 rounds of sharp debates involving figures such as Zhou Enlai, Ye Jianying, Lin Biao, Pan Hannian, Zhang Zhizhong, Zhang Qun, and Gu Zhutong; there are also the tangible and intangible shadows of Roosevelt, Stalin, and the Emperor of Japan. In the midst of these events, one can see the distinct personal marks of historical giants, hear the strange echoes of war and peace, feel the deep creases of major turning points in history, and recognize the inevitability of historical development—prosperity through compliance and ruin through defiance.