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The Journal of Studies of

China's Resistance War Against Japan

No. 4đ2022

It was Tough in the Past͇ The Preliminary Decision of the Resistance Policy and Route of the CPC
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Central Committee after the July 7 Incident ……………………… Wang Chaoguang ̵ 4 ̶
With the Lugouqiao resistance against Japanese aggression starting on July 7đ1937đChina moved from a regional War
of Resistance to a nationwide War of Resistance． How to promote the realization of the nationwide War of Resistanceđlead
the development of the situationđand play the role of the mainstay of the CPCđtested the CPC leadership's abilities of
dealing with emergencyđamong them the formation of consensusđstrong leadership and resolute decision of the CPC
leadership were keys． At this historical turning pointđthe CPC preliminarily determined the basic line and principle of the
War of Resistanceđpromoted the realization of the second cooperation between the Kuomintang and the CPC and the
establishment of the united front against Japanese aggression and adhered to the independence in the united front͈ the
Eighth Route Army preliminarily completed strategic deployment after arriving the front line and took active combat
operationsđthe CPC thus began to move to the center of the national political stage． In the test of the great transformation of
historyđthe CPC had delivered a very remarkable answer． Through the investigations of the CPC decision-making level's
organizational structure efficiencyđthe core leadership roleđthe consideration and grasp to the situationđand the responsesđ
actions and adjustment at that timeđand the exploration of the formulation and implementation process of the CPC Central
Committee's resistance decisionđwe can clearly see that the CPC Central Committee leadershipđespecially Mao Zedongđas
the core of leadershipđplayed an important role in this process．

The Historical Significance of the Tokyo International Military Trial Cannot be Erased
……………………………………………………………………………… Cheng Zhaoqi ̵ 28 ̶
The Tokyo Trial concerns the conclusion of the Japanese aggression and the political transformation of the post-War
Japan． Therefoređfrom the defender of the Tokyo Trial to the Japanese right wingđattacking the Tokyo Trial has never
interrupted． Since the 1980sđalong with the Japanese politicians' visits to the Yasukuni Shrineđthe Japanese politicians
had also begun to openly deny the Tokyo Trial in public occasions． Laterđas the whole of Japanese society turns rightđthe
Tokyo Trial has been negatively labeled in the general perception of Japan． The Japanese right wing also claims that the
justice and legitimacy of the Tokyo Trial have been overturned． On the other handđlooking back on the Tokyo Trial and the
long debateđthe evaluation of the Tokyo Trialđespecially in the Japanese academic circlesđhas not been reversed as a
whole． The most important historical significance of the Tokyo Trial has notđcannot be shakenđnor be overturned．

Zhang Taiyan's Reconsideration and Divergences with Inoue Tetsujiro's Philosophy
……………………………………………………………………………… Peng Chunling ̵ 49 ̶
Soothing Public Feeling and Political Operation͇ The Determination of Responsibility for the
Changsha Fire in 1938 ………………………………………………………… Guo Hui ̵ 67 ̶
The Sino-British Negotiations on the Building of the Yunnan-Burma Railway during the Total
War of Resistance …………………………………………………………… Zhang Junyi ̵ 80 ̶
The construction of Yunnan-Burma Railway was an important part of the strategic decision and action of the Nationalist
government of getting through the Southwest international transportation channel during the total War of Resistance． Since
the construction of the Yunnan-Burma Railway needed to connect the railway in Yunnan and the British Burma Railwayđthe
Nationalist government contacted the British government since the beginning of the preparation of the Yunnan-Burma
Railway plan． In order to prevent China's involvement in its Burmese colonyđand because of no economic gainsđthe British
government's initial response to China was cold． Before and after the Nationalist government formally made the negotiations
on the Yunnan-Burma Railway planđdue to the increasing tension between Britain and Japan and the strategic need to
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