• DOI:10.1177/009770040202800203
Corpus ID: 143785141

The Making of the Guomindang’s Japan Policy, 1932-1937

@article{Chor2002TheMO,
  title={The Making of the Guomindang’s Japan Policy, 1932-1937},
  author={So Wai Chor},
  journal={Modern China},
  year={2002},
  volume={28},
  pages={213 - 252}
}

• So Wai Chor
• Published 2002
• Political Science
• Modern China

From the Manchurian Incident in September 1931 to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War in July 1937, the Nanjing government's agenda was dominated by relations with Japan and conflict with the communists. To deal with the dual threat, Chiang Kai-shek formulated the policy of "first internal pacification, then external resistance" (xian annei, hou rangwai). Hence, suppressing the communists would take precedence over resisting Japan. The wisdom of this approach was widely contested in the party… Expand