gato Posted January 4, 2011 at 04:09 AM Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 at 04:09 AM A treasure trove of historical photos and articles on China from Life Magazine (a few are not directly about China, but still interesting). http://www.douban.com/photos/album/40460634/ 1941年一个中国村庄家庭的宁静耕织生活 http://books.google.com/books?id=P0EEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA52&dq=life%20magazine%201934%20china&pg=PA50#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Dec 28, 1936 The Cruel Chinese http://books.google.com/books?id=pEUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA66&dq=life%20magazine%201935%20china&pg=PA66#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jul 26, 1937 The Chinese Shoot Back at the Japanese Around Peiping http://books.google.com/books?id=pkUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA17&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Aug 16, 1937 Mei-ling Helps Her Husband Rule China http://books.google.com/books?id=RUgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=life%20magazine%201937%20china&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Sep 13, 1937 The Chinese Outfight the Japanese as Shanghai Blazes http://books.google.com/books?id=zEQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA100&dq=life%20magazine%201937%20china&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q=life%20magazine%201937%20china&f=false LIFE Nov 1, 1937 Japan Beheads Rebellious Manchurians as "Bandits" http://books.google.com/books?id=zEQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA100&dq=life%20magazine%201937%20china&pg=PA100#v=onepage&q=life%20magazine%201937%20china&f=false LIFE Nov 1, 1937 The Camera Overseas: The Yellow Race Looks at its Dead in War http://books.google.com/books?id=mT8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201937%20china&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Dec 6, 1937 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, Calls His Reign Era of Radiant Peace http://books.google.com/books?id=20oEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA11&dq=life%20magazine%201938%20may%2016%20china&pg=PA11#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 16, 1938 China Puts the Japanese Army on the Run: A unified nation reverses its war fortunes http://books.google.com/books?id=lVMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA95&dq=life%20magazine%201933%20china&pg=PA90#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Mar 24, 1941 China's Soong: Chiang's mysterious brother-in-law finds funds to keep China fighting http://books.google.com/books?id=lFMEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA93&dq=life%20magazine%201941%20china&pg=PA93#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE March 31, 1941 Chunking: Free China's Much Bombed Capital Fights On http://books.google.com/books?id=sUwEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA79&dq=life%20magazine%201941%20china&pg=PA85#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 12, 1941 India: War Threatens British Hold on Plum of Empire http://books.google.com/books?id=fE0EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201941%20china&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jun 30, 1941 China to the Mountains http://books.google.com/books?id=hEwEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA69&dq=life%20magazine%201934%20china&pg=PA15#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jul 7, 1941 The Defense Issue http://books.google.com/books?id=hUwEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA24&dq=life%20magazine%201941%20china&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE July 28, 1941, War in China: 4000 Chungking Civilians Suffocate in Air Raid Shelter http://books.google.com/books?id=sE4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA104&dq=life%20magazine%201941%20china&pg=PA104#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Oct 20, 1941, Vital Chinese Front, Advance Guard of a Vast New Chinese http://books.google.com/books?id=PU4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA24#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Feb 2, 1942 Singapore Bombing Japs Strike Early at Heart of the City http://books.google.com/books?id=L04EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA17&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Feb 23, 1942 An Era of Empire Ends at Singapore http://books.google.com/books?id=K04EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA70&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA71#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Mar 2, 1942 Chiang Kai-shek: The leader of fighting China plays a commanding role in the Allied war effort and the destiny of all Asia http://books.google.com/books?id=ClAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA59&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA59#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 4, 1942 Chinese Pilots: At Arizona's Thunderbird Field they are taught lessons of aerial combat http://books.google.com/books?id=MFAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 18, 1942 The Japanese Sweep Through Burma http://books.google.com/books?id=MFAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 18, 1942 How British in Burma Escaped a Jap Trap http://books.google.com/books?id=MFAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 18, 1942 World Oil Its Geography Guides the War http://books.google.com/books?id=G1EEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA23&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA23#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Apr 27, 1942 China Asks India Whether It Will Fight http://books.google.com/books?id=PFAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jun 15, 1942 Burma Mission: Reports on US General Stillwell and Staff Just Before they Took "A Hell of a Beating" http://books.google.com/books?id=sk4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA70#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Aug 10, 1942 Chennault Fights to Hold the China Front: His new Army Air Force takes offensive against Japs http://books.google.com/books?id=oE4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA55&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china%20hu%20shih&pg=PA55#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Sep 21, 1942 Letter from Hu Shih: Mankind Must Resolve to Make This the Last War http://books.google.com/books?id=UlAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA30&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA25#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Sep 20, 1943 The Surrender of Italy http://books.google.com/books?id=OFUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA27&dq=life%20magazine%201934%20china&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Dec 6, 1943 Heart of Asia First Photographic Mission to Sinkiang http://books.google.com/books?id=FVUEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA94&dq=life%20magazine%20Aug%201942%20china&pg=PA95#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Dec 13, 1943 Sinkiang: Land at the back of nowhere http://books.google.com/books?id=BlAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA104&dq=life%20magazine%201935%20china&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 1, 1944 News From China: It is not all bad, but bad enough to call for a review of the terms of our friendship http://books.google.com/books?id=BlAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA104&dq=life%20magazine%201935%20china&pg=PA98#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 1, 1944 "Life" Looks at China: Through the blockade one of its correspondents brings this first hand report http://books.google.com/books?id=-04EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA2&dq=life%20magazine%201936%20china&pg=PA2#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Aug 7, 1944 Letter from Sun Fo (孙科, son of Sun Yat-sen): Democracy in China http://books.google.com/books?id=Uk8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA82&dq=life%20magazine%201942%20china&pg=PA81#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Sep 11, 1944 The Hump: The Historic Airway to China was Created by US Heroes http://books.google.com/books?id=vEkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201945%20china&pg=PA57#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Apr 9, 1945 Woodcuts Help Fight China's Battles http://books.google.com/books?id=uUkEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201945%20china&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Sep 10, 1945 US Occupies Japan http://books.google.com/books?id=6UsEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA36&dq=life%20magazine%201945%20china&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Nov 19, 1945 China: What Price Peace? If we mean what we say about internationalism, we will stick by our wartime friends now http://books.google.com/books?id=ukgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA40&dq=life%20magazine%201945%20china&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Dec 10, 1945 General Marshall Gets China Assignment http://books.google.com/books?id=81QEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA29&dq=life%20magazine%201935%20china&pg=PA29#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE May 13, 1946 China Famine Millions are starving in the once-rich "rice bowl" http://books.google.com/books?id=1UEEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA82&dq=life%20magazine%201933%20china&pg=PA82#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Aug 30, 1948 How We Won the War and Lost the Peace: Ambassador Bullitt looks back on 15 years of US foreign policy (Part 1) http://books.google.com/books?id=2kcEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201948%20china%20bullitt&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Sept 6, 1948 How We Won the War and Lost the Peace: Ambassador Bullitt looks back on 15 years of US foreign policy (Part 2) http://books.google.com/books?id=W0oEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA46&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA39#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Nov 22, 1948 The Siege of Taiyuan: Here and at Suchow, Chiang's much defeated armies fight desperately for the life of Nationalist China http://books.google.com/books?id=W0oEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA46&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA46#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Nov 22, 1948 Disaster in China http://books.google.com/books?id=gkoEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA26&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA26#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jan 31, 1949 Chiang Gives Up and an Era Ends http://books.google.com/books?id=Vk4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA94&dq=life%20magazine%201949%20china&pg=PA94#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Apr 11, 1949 Chinese Cadre in Formosa http://books.google.com/books?id=ME4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA48&dq=life%20magazine%201949%20china&pg=PA48#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Apr 18, 1949 Peace Seeker: Acting President Li Tsung-jen of China http://books.google.com/books?id=ME4EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA48&dq=life%20magazine%201949%20china&pg=PA37#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Apr 18, 1949 The Pact is Signed Ratification of Atlantic Treaty (i.e. NATO) seems sure, but the arms program is in doubt http://books.google.com/books?id=3FEEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201949%20china&pg=PA36#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jul 11, 1949 Last Call for China: A fighting American says that a third of its good earth and 150 million can be saved by Claire Chennault http://books.google.com/books?id=00kEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA30&dq=life%20magazine%201949%20china&pg=PA30#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Aug 22, 1949 What's Next in Asia http://books.google.com/books?id=FVIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA92&dq=life%20magazine%201949%20china&pg=PA17#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Oct 3, 1949 US Detects Atomic Blast in Russia http://books.google.com/books?id=FVIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA92&dq=life%20magazine%201949%20china&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Oct 3, 1949 An American who risked Amnyi Machen's "jinx" claims that Asian peak is higher than Everest http://books.google.com/books?id=uFQEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA21&dq=life%20magazine%201934%20china&pg=PA16#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Dec 31, 1951 Rise of the Red Star: A look into a forbidden land reveals how China's bosses have ruthlessly consolidated their power http://books.google.com/books?id=O0kEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA60&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA61#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Dec 7, 1953 Out of Burma to Join Chiang: Nationalists agree to quit jungle http://books.google.com/books?id=hD8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA40&dq=life%20magazine%201956%20china&pg=PA40#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jan 23, 1956 Truman, China and History http://books.google.com/books?id=hD8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA40&dq=life%20magazine%201956%20china&pg=PA77#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jan 23, 1956 The Truman Memoirs: Although the Reds 'turned their back on the negotiations' the former President argues that Marshall's mission to China could have succeeded if Chiang had been 'more conciliatory' http://books.google.com/books?id=eEgEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA35&dq=life%20magazine%201956%20china&pg=PA35#v=onepage&q=life%20magazine%201956%20china&f=false LIFE Aug 20, 1956 Editorial: Let's Get the News in Red China http://books.google.com/books?id=IT8EAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA140&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA140#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jun 24, 1957 Chiang versus Communism: His Personal Account http://books.google.com/books?id=01MEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA107&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20chiang&pg=PA107#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Oct 6, 1961 Chiang: Our Embattled Ally http://books.google.com/books?id=8FIEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA86&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20%20mao&pg=PA86#v=onepage&q=life%20magazine%20china%20%20mao&f=false LIFE May 28, 1965 The Nuclear Power of China http://books.google.com/books?id=YlYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201967%20china&pg=PA27#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jan 20, 1967 "Tatzepao" Grim News for China http://books.google.com/books?id=fFYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PP1&dq=life%20magazine%201967%20china&pg=PA33-IA1#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Jun 2, 1967 A cultural leader escapes Mao's China and tells his story: Terror at the Hands of the Red Guard http://books.google.com/books?id=clYEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA4&dq=life%20magazine%20china%20%20mao&pg=PA4#v=onepage&q&f=false LIFE Sep 29, 1967 China Must Update Its Own Fable http://books.google.com/books?id=MEAEAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA3&dq=life%20magazine%201967%20china&pg=PA22#v=onepage&q=life%20magazine%201967%20china&f=false LIFE Apr 30, 1971 The Great Wall Comes Down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members yueyaduanli Posted January 5, 2011 at 08:39 AM New Members Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 08:39 AM Woah! Good stuff. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wushijiao Posted January 5, 2011 at 09:13 AM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 09:13 AM "How We Won the War and Lost the Peace: Ambassador Bullitt looks back on 15 years of US foreign policy" is a masterpiece article... definitely worth the read for anyone who's into Cold War history, US-China relations, IR...etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gato Posted January 5, 2011 at 09:35 AM Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 09:35 AM Yes, it is a great article. While he is very critical of FDR's policies, the author William Bullitt was a long-time senior advisor of FDR. He was the first US ambassador to the Soviet Union, after its founding, and was an ambassador to France during the war. By the way, the publisher of Life Magazine, Henry Luce, was born in China (near Yantai, Shandong) to American missionary parents. He lived in China until the age of 14, when he went to the US for high school. He bought Life Magazine in 1936 and redesigned it with a focus on photojournalism, with a combination of both serious news and entertainment. Luce is also the founder of Time and Fortune magazines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhchao Posted January 5, 2011 at 06:17 PM Report Share Posted January 5, 2011 at 06:17 PM Luce put Chiang Kaishek and Song Meiling on the cover of Time Magazine numerous times. He was influential in shaping American public opinion toward China, and was an important figure in the China Lobby. By the way, I recently read about Xue Yue, the Cantonese general who led the KMT armies against the Japanese at the Battles of Changsha. What was interesting about Xue is that he constantly defied Chiang's orders and still defeated the Japanese. In those days, you would get shot for insubordination against Chiang, especially on the battlefield. Yet Xue was right and Chiang was wrong. One evening Xue phoned Chiang to reveal his intention of defying Chiang's order regarding tactical strategy at Changsha. Chiang was sleeping, and Song Meiling picked up the phone instead. Xue was so confident that he told Meiling his willingness to be executed if his insubordination proved fatal. Song Meiling told Xue Yue to not worry about it, and proceed with his own plans at Changsha. She knew her husband was a control freak who likes to micromanage decisions. Xue eventually succeeded in defeating the Japanese. He completely owned them in three Changsha battles, in 1939, 1941, and 1942. The Japanese were unable to advance toward the capital Chongqing because of their casualties in Hunan. When Xue settled in Taiwan, Chiang gave him a big retirement pension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhchao Posted January 11, 2011 at 10:08 AM Report Share Posted January 11, 2011 at 10:08 AM Here is a very profound article about the effects of the Sino-Japanese war on Chinese society: China and Japan at War: Suffering and Survival, 1937-1945 The article is written through the lens of ordinary people who endured it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhchao Posted January 16, 2011 at 09:40 PM Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 at 09:40 PM I came across this website on the Battle of Changde in Hunan: http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=101&t=108616 The Japanese used biological and chemical weapons at Changde and still lost the battle. The battle was another one of Xue Yue's victories. It was a strategic victory for the KMT 9th Front defending the city. About 300,000 civilians died in the chemical attack. Xue Yue, besides being an outstanding tactician, was a principled general. He supported Chiang Kaishek's kidnapping. He personally offered to arrest Chiang if Chiang refused to fight the Japanese. Such insubordination was rare because Xue was a Whampoa graduate from Guangzhou, and Whampoa graduates are known for their loyalty to Chiang. Throughout his career Chiang gave preferential treatment to Whampoa generals at the expense of officers from other schools. An example is the way Chiang treated Sun Liren in Taiwan, a competent general and graduate from Purdue and VMI. I guess the main reason Chiang forgave Xue Yue for supporting his kidnapping was because Xue was so outstanding against the Japanese. Also, confident leadership was a rarity those days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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