Word: nationalist
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...torn Yellow River valley, "China's Sorrow" threatened to burst the dikes held by both armies. The alarmed Red radio mixed propaganda with its pleading: "It is impossible to complete dike repair work because of constant Nationalist raids . . . We request Nationalist troops and air forces to cease their obstruction...
Retorted the Nationalist radio: "Since their occupation of this area, Communists have methodically destroyed dikes. With floods coming they are wildly firing accusations against the Central Government . . . We hope they will show a sense of humanity and withdraw . . . This will permit water conservancy organizations to proceed with their work...
...sincere anti-imperialists, the British Laborites wanted to give the natives more self-government and to raise native living standards; but as the responsible trustees of Britain's property, the Laborites could not risk inexperienced native mismanagement of vast enterprises. Result: Labor's slogans encouraged native nationalist demands which Labor's policy could not fully satisfy...
Under the Willows. From Tiehling to Hsinmin it is two days, via Mukden, where, as refugees note, "faces are bitter and prices even higher than in Changchun." At Hsinmin the Nationalist lines end again. South of that rail city lies the most terrible san-pu-kuan stretch of all, the notorious Liu Ho Ko, or Willow River Ditch. This no man's land belongs to bandits who dress in yellow jackets and black pants, carry white knapsacks and oiled-paper umbrellas. They lie in wait along a willow-lined ditch, jump up with drawn revolvers, shout...
...authorities watch the incoming flood of misery with a feeling of helpless dismay. The refugees cannot be housed or adequately fed. They add to the misery, starvation and chaos of Nationalist China. In the North, the Reds still tighten the screws, drive more millions on to the bitter roads of China...