
The PRC is a dictatorial and authoritarian regime that emerged from the victory of Mao Zedong and his Chinese Communist Party over the nationalist Kuomintang (KMT) forces of Chiang Kai-shek. The Chinese Civil War, which occurred between 19, was one of the most consequential wars in history, as it led to the establishment of the modern People's Republic of China (PRC). Mao Zedong, "The People's Democratic Dictatorship", 30 June, 1949. This weapon is not a machine gun but Marxism-Leninism. We thank Marx, Engels, Lenin, and Stalin for giving us a weapon. assistance would ultimately change the balance of power in East Asia.“ ”As everyone knows, our Party passed through these twenty-eight years not in peace but amid hardships, for we had to fight enemies, both foreign and domestic, both inside and outside the Party. Although America’s contribution to the establishment of Chinese aviation was at times undertaken with hesitation, U.S. Xu’s discussion of the arms trading policies of various foreign powers prior to the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War of the 1930s is particularly insightful and revealing. The study also examines the role air power played in the violent partisan and patriotic power struggles within China, which illustrates how deeply China’s military modernization became intertwined with competing foreign interests. Analyzing the significance of air power in both its military and political contexts, Xu argues that the Nationalist Air Force considerably strengthened the Nationalist government’s political and military positions without changing its existent power structure and temperament. role in assisting the birth and development of both military and civil aviation in China. Xu reveals new information about the important U.S. Based on extensive research in China, the United States, and Great Britain, this book is the first comprehensive survey of the aviation aspect of Sino-American relations during the Chinese republican period.
