The Observation Of The Others

In the period of Anti-Japanese War, as the station of CCP center, the political direction center and strategic home of people's Anti-Japanese army, Shanganning Border Area drew attentions of many domestic democrats and foreigners with its special appearance and development. And they made on-the-spot observation of the Border Area. Although these observations are just part of Chinese modern history, the research of it carries academic value and realistic importance. On the base of summing up some academic history concerned, the article collates and sorts out the contents of the observations. It focuses on the accuracy and the historic influence of the observation.Yanan era(1937-1945) when CCP experienced the reverses of Great Revolution and Agrarian Revolution and came to grow up, got a special position in the history of Anti-Japanese War and Communist Revolution. This marked history in the fields of politics, economy and culture. Many historical details were taken into observers' consideration.Politically, foreign observers realized the special value of political thought work for the Border Area, though they partly defiled it. Domestic democrats could feel the good atmosphere by the contrast of the Border Area and the Areas ruled by Kuomingdang. Besides the construction of democracy was combined with improving people's living standard. On the term of economy, observers found under the special economic policy, agriculture, handicraft and business started and developed in the Border Area in spite of bad condition. On the term of social life, though things were hard, life was colorful. In the eyes of observers, Mao Zedong had absolute authority, but was not a dictator. His words and behavior got a persuading charm. He had an strategic vision over things.Accurately, the observations of domestic democrats and foreigners were mainly about details. With the influence of factors like visual angle, position and thinking pattern, truthless components, mistakes and prejudices in their opinion and acknowledgement. But as a whole, their opinion and acknowledgement were basically true of historical structure and visage of border areas at that time.The observations of border areas made by foreigners and domestic democrats brought historic influences on different levels. First of all, it made great change in some of the observers themselves. Secondly, it refigured the image of CCP in a manner, enhanced the admiration of patriotic youth and intellectuals, and widened the channel of communication between China and other countries like U.S.. More farreachingly, it changed some foreignors whole impression on modern Chinese. Some observers made similar predictive assertion after observation: a rudiment of a new country came into being in Shanganning Border Area. This prediction has been proved by history. All in all, the observations of Shanganning Border Area made by foreigners and domestic democrats during Anti-Japanese War, which involved lots of aspects produced a great deal of historic influence, is an academic topic under further deploitation and studying.