Sino-US Cooperation and Conflict During Nanjing National Government of the Republic of China (1927-1949)
Abstract
The relations between China and the U.S. have a long history and are different in different periods, as the Chinese central government has changed many times in the past 200 years. The cooperation and the conflict between the two countries during the Nanjing National Government period had characteristics that differed from other periods. The U.S. gave the Nanjing National Government lots of economic and military support in various forms, especially during and after World War II, such as setting up the American Volunteer Group during the war and providing loans and military materials during and even after the war. However, some incidents and treaties, like the Shen Chong incident and the Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation Treaty between the United States and China, hurt the interests of different groups in China and were seen as atrocities and exploitation of many people, intellectuals, and political parties. The conflict could be controlled during World War II but quickly broke out during the civil war because the willingness of the Chinese people become different.
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