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The Civil War and the Divided <strong>China</strong> Issue<br />
huang Zhen’S Long MarCh SketCheS, 1934–1935<br />
nym wales papers, hoover institution archives<br />
長征時期黃鎮的素描<br />
in late 1934, the red army began what would become known as the Long<br />
March <strong>to</strong> search for a terri<strong>to</strong>rial base far from nationalist incursions and the<br />
jurisdiction <strong>of</strong> local warlords. <strong>to</strong> avoid Chiang’s troops, they went far west,<br />
then north almost <strong>to</strong> the Mongolian border, but still became engaged in many<br />
skirmishes and battles along the way. in one year, the marchers traveled six<br />
thousand miles, over the great Snowy Mountains, with peaks <strong>of</strong> 24,000 feet,<br />
and across many rivers. <strong>of</strong> the close <strong>to</strong> 100,000 who started out, only a few<br />
thousand reached Yan’an; many <strong>of</strong> those who did went on <strong>to</strong> occupy positions<br />
<strong>of</strong> power and prestige. during the Long March, the forty-year-old Mao Zedong<br />
emerged as the CCp’s political and military leader. it was at that time that the<br />
talented Zhou enlai (1898–1976) became Mao’s confidant, careful not <strong>to</strong><br />
become a rival.<br />
huang Zhen was a former envoy <strong>to</strong> the united States who helped plan the<br />
1972 visit <strong>of</strong> president nixon, which led <strong>to</strong> a new era in Sino-american<br />
diplomatic ties.<br />
generaL george MarShaLL in <strong>China</strong>, 1946–1947<br />
Jay Loves<strong>to</strong>ne papers, hoover institution archives<br />
戰後來華調停的馬歇爾將軍<br />
from left <strong>to</strong> right: Zhou enlai, Marshall, Zhu de, Zhang Zhizhong, Mao Zedong, and Lin Bogu.<br />
in december 1945, president harry truman appointed general george Marshall as his special envoy <strong>to</strong> <strong>China</strong>,<br />
charging him with working out a cease-fire between the kMt and the CCp. a general truce followed, and a political<br />
Consultative Conference, composed <strong>of</strong> delegates from both sides, met <strong>to</strong> agree on civilian and military issues.<br />
when Marshall admitted defeat and left <strong>China</strong> in January 1947, wide-scale civil war broke out. although the final<br />
communist vic<strong>to</strong>ry <strong>to</strong>ok place on the battlefield, it was the multitude <strong>of</strong> economic problems, particularly inflation, that<br />
also contributed <strong>to</strong> the nationalists’ downfall.<br />
國共內戰與兩岸分治<br />
86 Hoover Institution<br />
A <strong>Century</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Change</strong>: <strong>China</strong> <strong>1911</strong>–<strong>2011</strong><br />
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