Unit 4 AOS 1 China Quotes Flashcards
“The ____ is my ____. It is in danger of drowning. I am trying to keep it _____ and we are both being swept down the river.”
“The Republic is my child. It is in danger of drowning. I am trying to keep it afloat and we are both being swept down the river.”
- Sun Yixian
‘Within a year of the end of the empire, China was back on a path of autocratic rule.’
‘Within a year of the end of the empire, China was back on a path of autocratic rule.’
-Jonathan Fenby
(INTERPRETATION)
‘we must overthrow all warlords … so that we may implement the Three People’s Principles and complete the National Revolution.’
‘we must overthrow all warlords … so that we may implement the Three People’s Principles and complete the National Revolution.’
Jiang Jieshi
‘Although a short-term success… [Jiang] created the impression that he had betrayed the legacy of Sun Yixian. The Communists were able to claim they were his true heirs.’
‘Although a short-term success… [Jiang] created the impression that he had betrayed the legacy of Sun Yixian. The Communists were able to claim they were his true heirs.’
Joseph Escherick
(INTERPRETATION)
‘The New Culture Movement began to ask what it meant to be Chinese’.
‘The New Culture Movement began to ask what it meant to be Chinese’.
Steve Smith
(INTERPRETATION)
‘Without a people’s army, the people have nothing’.
‘Without a people’s army, the people have nothing’.
Mao Zedong
‘The Japanese are a disease of the skin… The Communists are a disease of the soul…’
‘The Japanese are a disease of the skin… The Communists are a disease of the soul…’
Jiang Jieshi
The Jiangxi Soviet was a ‘social laboratory’.
The Jiangxi Soviet was a ‘social laboratory’.
Delia Davin
(INTERPRETATION)
‘a regime Fascist in every quality except efficiency’
‘a regime Fascist in every quality except efficiency’
C.P. Fitzgerald
(INTERPRETATION)
‘We communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil.’
‘We communists are like seeds and the people are like the soil.’
Mao Zedong
‘The war exhausted the Nationalist government while giving the Communists a change to expand.’
‘The war exhausted the Nationalist government while giving the Communists a change to expand.’
Immanuel Hsu
(INTERPRETATION)
‘The CCP’s greatest ally was the Japanese army, whose atrocities left the peasantry in such desperate straights that it had no recourse but to see the Red Army’s protection.’
‘The CCP’s greatest ally was the Japanese army, whose atrocities left the peasantry in such desperate straights that it had no recourse but to see the Red Army’s protection.’
Lucien Bianco
(INTERPRETATION)
‘China is whose China? It sure as hell is not Jiang Jieshi’s.’
‘China is whose China? It sure as hell is not Jiang Jieshi’s.’
Mao Zedong
‘Jiang had no clear purpose other than to remain in power.’
‘Jiang had no clear purpose other than to remain in power.’
Han Sunyin
‘Every major area of the Nationalist military weakness was an area of Red Army strength.’
‘Every major area of the Nationalist military weakness was an area of Red Army strength.’
Lucian Bianco
(INTERPRETATION)
