Research On The War Of Resistance Against Japan Report Of The North China Daily News(1931-1945)

The North China Daily News is the most influential foreign newspaper with the longest publishing time and the largest circulation in modern China.As an English language newspaper of the concession,the newspaper is known as the "British official newspaper" representing "special business interests in China".It is the mouthpiece of the Shanghai Public Concession Works Bureau and the spokesperson of British policy in China.In 2017,the Ministry of Education proposed to revise the textbooks for primary and secondary schools,changing the words "eight years of Anti-Japanese War" into "fourteen years of Anti-Japanese War".Now the concept of "history of the Great Resistance War" has emerged in the academic circle,extending the duration of the Anti-Japanese War from eight years to 14 years.With the support of the newspaper historical materials from 1931 to 1945,this paper will sort out and study the contents of the reports on the Japanese invasion of China and the Chinese Resistance during the Anti-Japanese War.Under the influence of the British capitalist imperialist ideology,The North China Daily News was hostile to the Communist movement.In the early days of the Anti-Japanese War,the number and length of reports on the Anti-Japanese War led by the Communist Party of China were small.With the development of the war situation,the Anti-Japanese War led by the Communist Party of China played a mainstay role behind enemy lines,and the newspaper focused on the Anti-Japanese War of the Communist Party of China.It fully affirmed the combat forms and effects of the guerrilla forces led by the Communist Party of China,actively reported that the Communist Party of China was united in resisting Japanese aggression and paid more attention to the leading figures of the Communist Party of China and the anti-Japanese base areas.The Chinese battlefield is the main battlefield of the Oriental anti-fascist camp,and the Chinese people’s War of Resistance against Japanese aggression is of great historical significance.At present,there are some voices questioning the status of China’s resistance against Japanese aggression.Japan refused to admit its crimes of aggression against China.