A Study On The Kuomindang's Dealing With The Movement Against Russia In 1946

In February 1946,because Soviet Union delayed withdrawing troops from Northeast China,Chinese public dissatisfaction to Soviet Union grew gradually.Finally,the announcement of the Yalta Agreement and Zhang Xinfu's being murdered caused the boiling public opinion,and the nationwide the Movement against Russia broke out.With the complex historical background,when the Kuomindang(KMT)dealt with the Movement against Russia,on one hand,they had to consider the relevant factors such as Soviet Union,US,the Communist Party of China(CPC),etc.;on the other hand,the KMT who was in the diplomacy predicament regarded it as an potential opportunity to get out of the predicament.Although the moderates of the KMT were afraid that the expanding of the movement might influence the KMT's diplomacy with the Soviet Union,Chiang Kaishek hoped to utilize the movement to force Soviet Union to withdraw troops from the Northeast China and the Communist Party of China to concede on the Northeast China issue.The tough line of the KMT even expected to make use of the Movement against Russia to achieve their goal of changing the KMT's policy to the Soviet Union and the Communist Party of China.So,under Chiang Kai-shek's acquiescence,the tough line of the KMT made an utmost effort to incite the students to demonstrate and created the anti-communist passion.The movement expanding and being out of control for a period of time.The movement made the Soviet Union withdraw its army from the Northeast China soon.The tough line of the KMT whereby achieved the purpose of opposing Soviet Union and Communist Party of China,but it didn't help the KMT gain political advantages.Instead it brought many negative influences and contributed to the KMT's failure in the fight for the hegemony of the Northeast and whole China in the future.The reason why the KMT was unable to properly deal with the Movement against Russia could be their misjudgment of the domestic and diplomatic situation and their reckless use of the nationalism sentiment.This paper will study how the KMTdealt with the Movement against Russia in four chapters.The first chapter discusses the background of the breakout of the Movement against Russia.The circumstances from signature of the Yalta Agreement and its announcement,to the predicament of the KMT's takeover of Northeastern China,and the incident of Zhang Xinfu's being murdered formed the background of the Movement against Russia together.The second chapter discusses the process of the KMT's dealing with the Movement against Russia.It analyzes the basic situation of the development of the Movement against Russia and the different attitudes within the KMT.The Chapter 3 discusses the influence of KMT's dealing with the Movement against Russia.KMT changed its policy toward the Soviet Union and CPC,rendering it to further lose the trust from the Soviet Union,the CPC and other parties,and leading to a sharp deterioration in relations with the Soviet Union and with the CPC,and its failure to take over the defense timely in the northeast after the lightning-like withdrawal of the Soviet troops.And in the Chapter 4,the reasons why KMT failed to properly handle the Movement against Russia are reflected upon.It is understood that the most fundamental reason for its failure lies in the fact that it dealt with the aforesaid movement with a view to safeguarding the vested interests of its own party,instead of taking the interests of the country and nation into consideration,thereby it was doomed to suffer setbacks.