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二戰後中共勝利的蘇聯因素問題
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二戰結束、日本投降後的國際國內形勢，並不利於中共用武力推翻國民黨政權。導致蔣介石國民黨失敗的原因很多，任何原因都不是唯一重要的，但對中共的成功而言，蘇聯因素的作用卻是不可或缺的。蘇聯因素的作用是多方面的，蘇軍佔領東北期間武器彈藥方面的協助對中共武裝在東北發展壯大至關重要，然而中共武裝能夠進入東北、在東北廣大區域利用中東鐵路等交通設施，包括能夠在和國民黨作戰期間出入朝鮮、外蒙，利用蘇軍控制的旅大地區等等，顯然是意識形態的因素，以及斯大林基於冷戰思維調整其對美對華政策所帶來的結果。換言之，毛澤東1949年7月公開發表《論人民民主專政》一文，宣布向蘇聯“一邊倒”；1950年2月締結中蘇友好互助同盟條約，毛澤東宣稱這是為中國找到一個“好幫手”，其實都可以看出中共對其戰後成功有著怎樣的經驗總結。 READ MORE...
Rosy Fantasies: Edgar Snow, John Service, Joseph Stilwell, and their China
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Edgar Snow, John S. Service, and Joseph W. Stilwell had overlapping and intertwined China experiences. They played unexpectedly pivotal roles in the rise of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Edgar Snow (1905-72) was a foreign correspondent in China from 1928 to 1941 and returned to the country in 1960, 1964-65, and 1970. He promulgated what was to later become prevailing imagery of the Chinese Communists as agrarian reformers. Born to an American missionary family in Chengdu, John S. Service (1909-99) served as a diplomat to China from 1933 to 1945 and revisited the country in 1971. Taking part in the Dixie Mission to Yan’an, Service emerged as Washington’s major source of information on the CCP. Old China Hand General Joseph W. Stilwell (1883-1946) was stationed in China in 1920-23, 1935-39 and 1942-44. He played a crucial role in changing American perceptions of the Chinese Communists and Chinese Nationalists. Snow, Service, and Stilwell all claimed to sincerely love the Chinese people. But what did they really think of China? This study will zoom in on their perceptions of China as expressed in their own words and deeds and explore how their perceptions impacted the course of history. READ MORE...