Research on the Actual State of Japanese Puppet Rule in Shanghai (1937-1945)

Author: Li Jun
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features:
Chapter 1, Pre-war Japan in Shanghai and Wartime Japanese Violence. Japan actively expanded its economic and political influence in Shanghai before the war and engaged in widespread burning, killing, and looting during the war, causing severe damage to Shanghai, this "Oriental hub of prosperity."
Chapter 2, Wartime Japanese Urban Governance Strategies and in Shanghai. Japan always attached great importance to Shanghai's military strategic position. They attempted to fully control Shanghai and used it for urban planning based on their. The actual governance situation was: the area under control expanded from small to large, from partial to the entire city, with control intensifying and methods constantly innovating.
Chapter 3, Shanghai's Economy Under Colonial Rule. Economic issues were the fundamental reason for Japan's overseas war and one of the main tasks it had to solve upon occupying Shanghai.
Chapter 4, Japanese and Puppet Control Over Shanghai Society. The Japanese puppet regime also sought to force the Shanghai people to comply through coercive military forces, institutionalized administrative management, and cultural and educational indoctrination, aiming to implement effective social control and stabilize social psychology. However, due to its poor political order, institutionalization, weak social mobilization ability, and low degree of social integration, its social control was inadequate, failing to achieve its final goal.
Chapter 5, Wartime Social Psychology in Shanghai. Historical turning points are not always wars, but a major war can easily become a pivot for the entire situation and even the direction of people's consciousness.
Chapter 6, Japanese and Puppet Authorities vs. Shanghai's "Third Country" Forces. The relationship between the Japanese puppet authorities and the forces of third countries with significant interests in Shanghai, such as the Western powers like the UK, the US, and France, as well as the authorities of concessions, especially the International Settlement authorities, was full of ups and downs and recurring conflicts. Their relationship with Allied Germany in Shanghai also involved cooperation, but they clashed over the issue of Jewish people.