The National Government’s Response To British Appeasement Policy To Japan(1937-1941)

After the anti-Japanese war broke out in 1937, the Chinese government and people from all walks of life had made unremitting efforts to fight with the Japanese invaders bravely. As an old colonial empire, Britain has lots of interest in China compared with other countries, while Japan’s aggression against China damaed this.As Japan was stronger than China, the Chinese government was always expecting that the British-led powers could consider sanctions on Japan and assist China to fight against the invaders. However, as the Europe happened frequently and power of Britain was limited, Britain practiced double foreign policy that he supported China morally while he made concessions to Japan on some concrete events. The manifestations were as follows: Britain’s attitude at the league metting; the illegal agreement that he signed with Japan about China customs in 1938; the incident happened in the concessions of Tianjin in 1939; and the events of Britain’s blockading the Yunnan Burma Road. At the same time, the academia had made lots of discussions about Britain’s appeasement policy. The author aims at researching the National government’s response to Britain’s appearsement policy and the influence of the response and making an evaluation. The research is about the following aspects:Chpater one: generally discuss the evolvement of the appeasement policy from 1937 to 1941 and the National government’s to it.Chapter two: mainly discuss Britain’s attitude and the National government’s response after Marco Polo Bridge incident and make a brief valuation of the response at that time.Chapter three: mainly discuss the National government’s response to the negotiation between Britain and Japan about China customs and the response to the illegal agreement.Chapter four: discuss the National government’s response to the Tianjin incident from the following aspects: the National government’s response to the negotiation between Britain and Japan about whether they should hand over the four Chinese after Xigeng Cheng died of the assassination; the response to Japan’s blockading the British concession in Tientsin; and the response from Britain’s concession under the pressure of Japan.Chapter five: discuss the National government’s response about the incident of Britain’s blockadinbg the Yunnan Burma Road.Chapter six: according to the National government’s response to the appeasement policy, summarize the response’s influence to the anti-Japanese War and China’s international status and make an evaluation.