General battles are not just on the battlefield - A Record of the Transformation of Kuomintang Generals: A Record of the Transformation of Kuomintang Generals

Author: Huang Jiren
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Publishing Date: 2006-10-01
Features: The bell of an era, foretelling their rebirth; a hidden history, depicting the war of souls. The past of Gudenglin, where even defeated generals could still boast of courage; the experiences of war criminals, amidst the unresolved turmoil of the Kuomintang-CCP conflict.
Outside Beijing's Desheng Gate, there once stood a temple called Gudenglin, which was converted into a prison during the late Qing Dynasty. At the prison's main gate, within the guard line, stood a stone monument engraved with 13 lines of inscriptions, recording the construction of the prison. In the fourth year of the Republic of China, during the rule of the Beiyang warlord Duan Qirui, the prison was finally completed in its entirety. This was the famous No. 2 Model Prison.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Gudenglin came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Security and was known as the Beijing War Criminal Management Office. Gudenglin was a large courtyard covering nearly 100 acres, enclosed by a high wall over ten feet tall. Upon entering the main gate, there was a square where an execution scaffold once stood, and the deep holes for inserting wooden stakes are still visible. Yes, this second model prison built by the Beiyang warlords was reused by the People's Government. What secrets were hidden in the alleys beneath the octagonal tower?
This is a best-selling (: documentary) book with a special theme that has made a stir both in China and abroad. With the assistance of the Ministry of Public Security, the renowned writer Huang Jiren, through face-to-face interviews with a group of special individuals (high-ranking Nationalist generals, heads of intelligence, and other senior political officials captured during the civil war) and the collection of a vast number of historical archives, has revealed the true and complete picture of the mysterious Ministry of Public Security's Gudenglin War Criminal Management Office to the world.
The military defeat of the Nationalists did not equate to their political surrender. As the title reveals, this book follows the capture and transformation of the former Nationalist war criminal Qiu Xingxiang, vividly depicting the inner workings of the reeducation of a large number of Nationalist high-ranking generals—such as Du Yuming, Song Xiliang, Huang Wei, Kang Ze, and Wen Qiang—through this more intense, complex, and prolonged battle than the military battlefield.
Outside Beijing's Desheng Gate, there once stood a temple called Gudenglin, which was converted into a prison during the late Qing Dynasty. At the prison's main gate, within the guard line, stood a stone monument engraved with 13 lines of inscriptions, recording the construction of the prison. In the fourth year of the Republic of China, during the rule of the Beiyang warlord Duan Qirui, the prison was finally completed in its entirety. This was the famous No. 2 Model Prison.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Gudenglin came under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Public Security and was known as the Beijing War Criminal Management Office. Gudenglin was a large courtyard covering nearly 100 acres, enclosed by a high wall over ten feet tall. Upon entering the main gate, there was a square where an execution scaffold once stood, and the deep holes for inserting wooden stakes are still visible. Yes, this second model prison built by the Beiyang warlords was reused by the People's Government. What secrets were hidden in the alleys beneath the octagonal tower?