The Storm of the Hakkō River: 1945 Record of the Chinese Laborers' Uprising Against the Japanese in Hakkō

Author: Luo Ze
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China (1945-2005) and the Victory of the World Anti-Fascist War. During the Japanese invasion of China, to make up for the shortage of domestic labor, Japan forcibly took a large number of Chinese prisoners of war and civilians to Japan for forced labor. Among them, nearly a thousand Chinese laborers captured and sent to the Hakkō Mine in Akita Prefecture, Japan, were forced to work on the diversion project of the Hakkō River. Under the heavy labor, hunger, cold, and brutal torture, the number of deaths kept rising. Unable to endure the inhumane humiliation and abuse, the Chinese laborers at Hakkō Middle Dormitory rebelled and staged a heroic and resolute uprising. Although the uprising was eventually brutally suppressed, with over 400 people dying from abuse, the Chinese laborers trapped in the enemy country fought to the death, refusing to let their national and human dignity be dishonored. They demonstrated noble national spirit and human justice. The author of this book was one of the central figures behind the planning of the uprising. He recorded his firsthand experiences fighting in the heart of the enemy country in a literary form, creating a vivid and authentic account that is both thrilling and invaluable. Our publishing house previously published this book in September 1957. On the occasion of the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression in China and the 60th Anniversary of the Victory of the World Anti-Fascist War, this revised and reprinted edition is dedicated to the countless Chinese laborers who died in foreign lands, as well as to those who are alive today: history must never be forgotten.