The Commentary Of The Puppet Government Of South Hebei

After taking control of Hebei Province, the Japanese invading army, under the strategy named "Ruling China Using the Chinese", established all levels of puppet regimes in each enemy-occupied area; The Puppet Government of South Heibei was one of them in Heibei. At first, it was located in Xingtai City, governing 33 counties. After 1940, it was moved to Handan City, controlling 14 counties. After its establishment, in obedience to orders from the temporary puppet government of North China and puppet provincial government office, it carried out all kinds of reactionary activities in the fields of politics, economy, military affairs, literature and education. In collusion with Japanese occupation army, it enslaved and slaughtered people here, plundered resources, instilled colonial ideas into people and carried out education aimed at enslavement, becoming a pawn and an accomplice for Japanese Imperialism to rule over people in South Hebei. Its cruel rule aroused people's fierce struggle just like wave upon wave. The liberation of Handan symbolized the collapse of the Puppet Government of South Hebei.According to relevant archival material, the construction of the Puppet Government of South Hebei, its activities, great harm, etc. are sorted out and analyzed in this essay. It has four parts.The first part mainly introduces the background against which the peace preservation association and federation of counties of South Heibei were put up, its general situation, its organization and major activities, etc.The second part deals with the general situation of the Puppet Government, including its organizational system, its major powers, organization establishment, its successive mayors, its division, and so on.The third part deals with its administration, divided into four aspects. Firstly, strengthen the rule by Japan and its puppet government. Secondly, Economical plunder. Thirdly, education aimed at enslavement. Fourthly, disseminating colonial ideas. From the political, economical, military, literary, and educational aspects, its regime function and the means of ruling are revealed in this essay, with its reactionary nature analyzed. This is the key part of the essay.Part four introduces people's anti-Japan struggle in South Heibei and the collapse of this puppet government.At last, the main content is summarized in the conclusion and practical meaning of this essay is stated.