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The Dàjìng Gé Pavilion wall, which is the only remaining part of the Old City of Shanghai wall The history of Shanghai spans over a thousand years and closely parallels the development of modern China. Originally a small agricultural village, Shanghai developed during the late Qing dynasty (1644–1912) as one of China's principal trading ports. Although nominally part of China, in practice ...
The Shanghai Campaign was a series of battles fought between the nationalists and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1949 for the control of Shanghai, the largest city in China in the latter stage of the Chinese Civil War, and resulted in the city being taken over by the communists, who enjoyed numerical superiority.
The Battle of Shanghai was a military defeat but a high point for Chinese nationalism. The beginning of full-scale war meant that China would no longer stand idly and allow Japan to conquer its territories piece by piece as it had done in the past. It also demonstrated China's resolve not to surrender even in the face of overwhelming firepower.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 7 February 2025. 1927–1949 civil war in China For other uses, see Chinese Civil War (disambiguation). Chinese Civil War Part of the interwar period, the Chinese Communist Revolution and the Cold War Clockwise from top left: Communist troops at the Battle of Siping National Revolutionary Army troops ...
China at War: Triumph and Tragedy in the Emergence of the New China 1937–1952 is a 2017 non-fiction book by Hans van de Ven, published in the United Kingdom by Profile Books and in the United States in 2018 by Harvard University Press. It discusses the Second Sino-Japanese War and the Korean War.
Daughter of Shanghai is a memoir by Tsai Chin, published in 1988 by St. Martin's Press in the United States and by Chatto and Windus in the United Kingdom. Jean Fritz in the Washington Post wrote that "The heart of this book lies in Tsai Chin's conflicts as she tried to feel at home in two cultures on opposite sides of the world."
The war had involved every major urban area in China, and badly damaged the rural infrastructure. As a result of the conflict the Zhili -controlled government, backed by varied Euro-American business interests, was ousted from power by pro- Japanese warlord Zhang Zuolin , who installed a government led by the generally unpopular statesman Duan ...
1983 - Shanghai History & Cultural Relics Showroom opens. 1984 - Shanghai University of Political Science and Law founded. 1985 Rui Xingwen becomes Party Committee Secretary. Jiang Zemin becomes mayor. Shanghai Daoist Association established. [5] Wenhui Book Review begins publication. 1987 - Jiang Zemin becomes Party Committee Secretary. 1988