Chinese Politics Is Dark, Its Resistance
Is Weak, the British and American
Allies Are Highly Dissatisfied
(July 12, 1943)
(New China News Agency, Yan’an, July 12) People in the British and American
alliance are highly dissatisfied with China’s Fascist politics. At press conferences
in New York, Washington, and London, Xiong Shihui1 was invariably asked the
following questions and pressed for answers:
1. China is a country calling itself democratic, so what are its measures for
creating, guaranteeing, and strengthening democratic government?
2. What is the purpose of establishing labor camps?
The people at these conferences repeatedly asked these two questions, but
Xiong Shihui was silent and had nothing to say in response. In the United States,
Song Meiling2 has given deceptive explanations in response to questions about
the state of China’s internal unity, and she has been criticized on the spot by
Americans. Those Americans have said, “The situation described by Ms. Song
Meiling does not fit with what we Americans know about the internal situation
in China.” The weapons that the United States has given to aid China have not
been used on the front line to fight Japan and, instead, have mainly been used to
equip troops in the rear areas. For example, Hu Zongnan’s more than 300,000
soldiers are being used specifically to deal with the Communists, and the
Americans are very dissatisfied about this as well. We have heard that the British
and Americans have publicly stated to Xiong Shihui, “If the aid previously given
to China had all been used on the front lines, it would have been enough to fight

several battles, but China has used all of it to supplement the rear echelons.
Certainly Britain and America cannot continue to give large amounts of weapons
to a country that does not use them to fight the Axis countries.” After Xiong
Shihui returned to China, he was therefore extremely disappointed with Britain
and the United States.
Many people in the Guomindang are still unwilling to spend energy on
reforming politics, strengthening internal unity, and reinforcing the fight against
the enemy. Instead, they only complain that Britain and the United States do not
give more help. Recently, the Guomindang initiated a traitorous campaign to
“dissolve the Communist Party and eliminate the border regions.” At the same
time, they withdrew the troops defending the river in preparation to attack the
border region. What will the British and Americans think when this news reaches
them?
Notes
Our source for this document is Mao Zedong xinwen gongzuo wenxuan, pp. 232–33, where it is reproduced
from the manuscript.

--- Notes

1. Xiong Shihui (1893–1974) was at this time head of the Design Bureau of the Nationalist government.

2. Song Meiling (1897–2003; also Soong May-ling) was the wife of Chiang Kaishek.