| ID | 153581 |
| Title Proper | Redefining wartime Chongqing |
| Other Title Information | international capital of a global power in the making, 1938–46 |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Chang, Vincent K ; Zhou, Yong |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article examines the historical role and legacy of the foreign establishment in China's temporary capital Chongqing during the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan and the Second World War. This extraordinary episode, lasting from 1938 to 1946, ushered in a new era for China's foreign diplomacy and laid the foundation for its rise to world-power status. Placing Chongqing at the very heart of this epochal chapter in modern Chinese history, this article describes the major events, trends, and actors that directly or indirectly were instrumental to China's wartime transformation from a partitioned, de facto colony to a first-rate global power with a permanent seat among the ‘Big Five’. Seventy years after the end of the Second World War, this article presents fresh perspectives on a near-forgotten episode of China's war experience. Moving beyond the traditional typecasting of ‘Chungking’ as a primitive backwater in China's remote hinterland, this article reappraises wartime Chongqing as a major international centre at the spearhead of global change and as an important cradle of the modern power that China is today. |
| `In' analytical Note | Modern Asian Studies Vol. 51, No.3; May 2017: p.577-621 |
| Journal Source | Modern Asian Studies 2017-06 51, 3 |
| Key Words | Japan ; China ; Wartime ; Chongqing ; World War II ; Chinese War ; Foreign Diplomacy ; Modern Chinese History |