Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Dean Acheson: United States Position on China, August 1949 Statement by Secretary of State Dean Acheson, August 5, 1949 The reasons for the failures of the Chinese National Government . . . do not stem from any inadequacy of American aid. Our military observers on the spot have reported that the Nationalist armies did not lose a single ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Mao Zedong (1893-1976): Report on an Investigation of the Peasant Movement in Hunan, March 1927 Mao was a a Hunanese peasant and became one of the founding members of the Chinese Communist Party in 1921. Other founders had tended to be more exposed to western ideas, and hence, as Marxists, to value the industrial working class. The ...

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Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: American Views on the Situation In China, 1947 Statement by General Marshall, January 7, 1947 In this intricate and confused situation, I shall merely endeavor here to touch on some of the more important considerations-as they appeared to me -during my connection with the negotiations to bring about peace in China and a stable ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Statement of The Central Committee of The Chinese Communist Party, February 1, 1947 The Political Consultative Conference, comprising all major political parties, groups and prominent social figures, convened on January 10, 1946 in accordance with stipulations of the summary of Kuomintang-Communist talks in Chungking on October 10, ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: The Common Program of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, 1949 Adopted by the First Plenary Session of the Chinese People's PCC on September 29th, 1949 in Peking PREAMBLE The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, representing the will of the people of the whole country, proclaims the establishment of ...