CIIC:Today's featured article/December 11, 2016
In 1936, the Japanese imperialists continuously expanded the invasion into China, but Chiang Kai-shek adhered to a nonresistance policy and continued the civil war. The Northeast Army, led by Zhang Xueliang, and the 17th Route Army, led by Yang Hucheng, were deployed to Shaanxi and Gansu provinces to attack the Red Army. Because of the influence of CPC's anti-Japanese national united front policy and the people's anti-Japanese movements, Zhang and Yang came to a truce with the Red Army and demanded that Chiang Kai-shek unite with the CPC to resist Japan. Chiang not only rejected the demands of Zhang and Yang but also mustered troops under his direct control on the border between Henan and Shaanxi to press Zhang and Yang to continue attacking the Red Army. (More...)
