A Study Of The Youth Movement During The Nanjing Kuomintang Regime Period (1927-1937)

The youth movement during the Kuomintang Regime period (1927-1937) was an important part in the history of modern Chinese youth movement. Under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), the Chinese youth carried forward the good traditions of the May 4th Movement of 1919, held high the banner against imperialism and feudalism, extremely bravely fought against the Nanjing Kuomintang revolutionary government and the Japanese imperialism, which propelled forward the development of the people' s revolutionary fight. It was of great importance to the development of the youth movement during the Anti-Japanese War.Today, it is of great practical significance and far-reaching historic significance from which we can draw lessons when studying the history of the youth movement during the Nanjing Kuomintang Regime period, carefully summarize the experience and the lessons of the youth movement and educate the youth with their own history.This thesis is intended to make a thorough inquiry of the relationship between the Chinese youth, the Chinese youth movement and the course of the Chinese modern history on the basis of comprehensive and objective investigation into the youth movement history of the Nanjing Kuomintang Regime period with monographic study. It consists of seven parts.Part One review the history of the Chinese youth movement before 1927, outline the development of the policies and the activities of the Kuomintang, the CPC and the Japanese imperialism which influenced the course of the Chinese history duing the period from 1927-1937 in a pithy way, and concisely analyze the three large-scale split-ups of the youth,which foreshadows the following topics that will be studied.Part Two mainly deals with the patriotic, democratic movement against the Civil War and the dictatorship; how the Kuomintang reactionaries tried to win away, control and suppress the youth. It also studies what roles the youth played in the struggle of the encirclement and suppression, and anti-encirclement and anti-suppression in the Kuomintang-occupied areas and the CPC-occupied areas.Part There studies the anti-Japanese national salvation movement of the youth after the September 18th Incident, especially expounds the background, course and historical significance of the December 9th Movement. This part discusses the roles the youth movements played in the course of the establishment of the anti-Japanese united front of China. Pointing out that it is the untiring pursuit of the Chinese people including the Chinese youth to strive for the national independence and liberation. The Chinese youth movements are always closely related to the future and destiny of the state, the social progress and the historical development.Part Four mainly studies the anti-Japanese national salvation sovement ofthe Chinese students studying abroad during this period, by analyzing the nature and development of the missionary schools and points out that missionary schools were the transfer stations of the early Chinese students who studied abroad. This part also deals with the early movement of going to the former Soviet Union for study which educated large numbers of revolutionary leaders, and the major activities of the students who studied in Japan, Europe and America from 1931 to 1937, which shows their patriotism and dedication to the country, and thus come to the condusion that the students studying abroad were another important force of the youth movement during this period of history.Part Five is a case study concerning the youth organizations in the Kuomintang-occupied areas, the CPC-occupied areas and the Japanese-occupied areas from the angel of the youth movement organization. It especially deals with that, after the failure of the Great Revolution, the youth league played the roles of the links and bridge, the shock brigade and the reserve forces under the CPC leadership and became the close friend of the CPC and the core of leadership of the Chinese youth movement.Part Six discusses the great roles the propaganda played in the revolutionary s...