Pen Troops and the Invasion of China—A Study and Critique of Japanese Literature on the Invasion of China

Author: Wang Xiangyuan
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Publish Date: 2005-06-17
Features: The series attempts to examine and reflect on the Japanese invasion of China from a deep cultural perspective, combining historical analysis with research on Japanese right-wing scholars and cultural figures who collaborated with the invading Japanese army in carrying out various "cultural wars" against China: ideological propaganda warfare, academic intelligence warfare, assimilation education warfare, news and public opinion warfare, language and cultural warfare, religious and cultural warfare, literary and artistic warfare, etc. The series reveals through a large amount of first-hand materials the cultural aggression that preceded military and economic aggression, which was actually a "second battlefield" opened by Japan in China, aiming to promote the "Imperial State concept" and destroy the national concept and ethnic consciousness of the Chinese nation. Their various "cultural wars" in different cultural fields, as well as some specific practices in argumentation, planning, organization, and implementation, are not only shocking but also leave much to reflect upon.