Humorous Records: A Series of Rare Historical Materials in Modern Times

Author: Chen Gongbo
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Publish Date: 2004-03-01
Features: Modern Rare Historical Materials Series. A Record of My Life's Laughter, by Chen Gongbo, one of the representatives of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, later defected. Participated in the traitor regime, became the acting chairman of the "Nanjing Government" after the death of in November 1944. This book records his experiences from 1925 to 1936, describing the factional activities within the Kuomintang, the domestic and foreign policies of the Kuomintang government. After the book was completed, Chen Gongbo "knew that publishing was out of the question," and his family donated the original manuscript to Columbia University in the United States for safekeeping. It was later published by the Center for Asian Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong.