China AOS1 Quotes Flashcards
Sun Joffe Declaration 1923
“China’s most important and most pressing problems are the completion of national unification and the attainment of full national independence.”
Jiang Jieshi on Northern Expedition (1926)
“To protect the welfare of the people we must overthrow all warlords and wipe out reactionary power so that we may implement the Three People’s Principles and complete the National Revolution.”
Jiang Jieshi on Shanghai Massacre (1927)
“I have never taken the view that I cannot cooperate with the Communists…but I have also made it clear that…I would check their influence as soon as they grew too powerful.”
American Vice Consul Frederick Hinke on Shanghai Massacre (1927)
“Execution squads patrolled the streets.”
Mao at First All China Congress of Soviets 1931
“[Our] banner is that of overthrowing Imperialism, eliminating the landlord class; bringing down the Guomindang warlord government…and striving for genuine peace and unification of the whole country.”
Three Main Rules of Discipline
“Obey all orders in all your actions. Do not take a single needle or piece of thread from the masses. Turn in everything captured.”
Jiang Jieshi on New Life Movement 1934
“The New Life Movement is to thoroughly militarise the lives of the citizens of the entire nation so that they can cultivate courage and swiftness, the endurance of suffering and a tolerance for hard work, and especially the habit and ability of unified action, so that they will at any time sacrifice for the nation.”
Mao on Long March December 1935
“We say that the Long March is the first of its kind ever recorded in history…it is a manifesto, an agitation corps and a seeding machine… to sum up, the Long March ended with our victory and the enemy’s defeat.”
Long March slogan after Zunyi Conference
“March North to Fight the Japanese”
American Doctor Foster Green During WW2
“…as early as 1941, I personally have seen long lines of conscripts chained together on their way from their villages to training camps.”
Japanese Three Alls Campaign Adopted by General Okamura
“burn all, kill all, destroy all”
Jiang Jieshi During WW2
“All we can do now is resist to the bitter end.”
Joseph Stilwell on CCP & GMD (7) - Diary Entry 1944
“I judge the Guomindang and Communist Party by what I saw: GMD – corruption, neglect, chaos, economy, taxes…blackmarket, trading with the enemy. Communist program – reduce taxes, rents, interests…participate in government. Practice what they preach.”
Three Nationalist Army Don’t Cares
“Don’t care to fight. Don’t care about the people. Don’t care about myself.”
Mao’s address in Tiananmen Square 1st October 1949
“China will never again be an insulted nation. We have stood up.”
