12 War Continues (1945-1949)
Primary Resources
| Document 12.1 |
Excerpt from China’s Destiny by Chiang Kai-shek, 1943 |
| Document 12.2 |
Excerpt from “Manifesto of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army” by Mao Zedong, 1947 |
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Document 12.3
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Excerpt from General George Marshall’s “Personal Statement by the Special Representative of the President,” 1947 |
| Document 12.4 |
Letter to the Editor by Ding Keshan, March 30, 1948 |
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Document 12.5
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Excerpts from a survey sponsored by the North American Chinese Students Christian Association, 1948 |
| Document 12.6 |
“Dead Water,” a poem by Wen Yiduo, 1928 |
| Document 12.7 |
Excerpt from Wen Yiduo’s speech at the memorial service for Li Gongbu, 1946 |
| Document 12.8 |
Woodblock prints by Li Hua, 1946–1948 |
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Document 12.9
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Excerpts from reports and writings related to land reform leading up to the founding of the People’s Republic of China, 1946–1948 |
| Document 12.10 |
“The People’s Liberation Army Captures Nanjing,” a poem by Mao Zedong, 1949 |
Supplementary Resources
| Item 12.A |
Further information and questions related to wood block prints (Activity 7) |
Activity Websites
Activity 7
Introduction to the New Woodcut Movement
Suggested Resources 
Books
Birns, Jack. Assignment, Shanghai: Photographs on the Eve of Revolution. Ed. Carolyn Wakeman and Ken Light. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2003.
Chiang Kai-shek. China’s Destiny. Translated by Wang Chung-hui. New York: MacMillan, 1947.
Written in 1943, while China was still fighting the Japanese, this is Chiang’s vision for his country.
Mao Zedong. Selected Works of Mao Zedong. Beijing: Foreign Language Press, 1967.
Volume 4 covers the period of the Civil War. This series includes many interesting, provocative speeches and essays. Writings of Mao are also available online at http://marx2mao.com/Mao/Index.html.
Pepper, Suzanne. Civil War in China: The Political Struggle, 1945–1949. 2nd ed. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.
Snow, Edgar. Red Star Over China. New York: Grove Press, 1993.
A U.S. journalist’s account of Chinese Communist movement and its leadership until the late 1930s. Originally published in 1937.
Spence, Jonathan D. Mao Zedong. New York: Viking, 1999.
Websites
China’s Communist Revolution, BBC News
An overview of China’s Communist government from 1949–1989.
Nixon’s China Game: U.S.-China Relations Timeline, 1945–1949, PBS
A timeline of Chinese domestic politics and foreign relations between China, the Soviet Union, and the United States from 1945–1949.
Information about Lu Xun and Chinese woodcut art of the early twentieth century that was used as a form of protest.
Films
China, A Century of Revolution, Part 1: China in Revolution: 1911–1949 (120 mins; 1997 & 2007)
This documentary provides footage of the Republican Period and interviews with Chinese people who lived through this era.
Mao Tse Tung: China’s Peasant Emperor (50 mins; 2005)
Archival film and images of Mao’s life.
