Chapter 42 The Situation in China
MIT was founded in 1861 by William Patton Rogers, a famous natural scientist. He hoped to create a free college to adapt to the rapidly developing United States. Due to the Civil War, MIT did not welcome the first batch of students until 186. It then developed rapidly in the fields of nature and engineering. During the Great Depression, MIT was once believed to be merged with Harvard University, but was forced to cancel the plan under the protests of students of the school. In 1916, MIT moved from Boston to Cambridge.
With the development of the past century, MIT has developed into an extremely important high-tech knowledge hall and research and development base around the world. Due to World War II and the Cold War, the US government invested heavily in nature and engineering science, which led to the rapid development of MIT during this period. Over the past 50 years, MIT has also created many powerful high-tech weapons for the US government.
MIT has a gathering of talents, including many Chinese elites. With the instability of the mainland and the political situation, the Malayan Federation is one step ahead in the battle for talent.
Wu Ming and Huang Yushuang conquered the hearts of Chinese students with their approachable and sincere and humorous answers. Especially after the entire conversation with the students was published, in the following years, a large number of Chinese students who graduated from the school came to Malaya, contributing tremendous strength to the revival and rise of Malaya.
In the next visit, Wu Ming and his wife attended the American Overseas Chinese Business Welcome Party. As an emerging and huge market, overseas Chinese businessmen showed enough interest and intentions in attracting investment. Moreover, they highly appreciated the opening policy of the Malayan Federation and expressed their gratitude to the Malayan government for welcomeing them to go back to run factories and do business.
This visit to the United States not only received large loans and assistance from the US government, but also attracted support from overseas Chinese in terms of talents and funds. It is truly fruitful.
On September 5, 1948, Wu Ming ended his more than a month's trip to the United States and took a plane to China.
At this time, China was not only filled with war, but also a serious economic crisis broke out. Surveys conducted in Shanghai's currency market showed that China's inflation rate was astonishing. Within a few days, the exchange rate between the US dollar and the French market rose from 1:2 million to 1:4 million. A few weeks later, the unofficial exchange rate reached 1:8 million, and the French market was half impaired. In August, the ratio rose to 1:11 million, which was unbelievably high. When inflation began to intensify, President Chiang said in a speech that the economic situation was satisfactory, and inflation was all the result of the propaganda of the Communist Party, the result of nonsense by foreigners, and the result of speculation by Shanghai merchants.
In the face of all these setbacks, Chiang Kai-shek continued to give people a high-spirited and calm image. On May 20, 1948, when he took office as President of the Republic of China, he said: He did not deny that the road ahead of China was full of difficulties, nor did he deny that rebuilding China was not easy. He believed that the basic conditions for implementing democracy were not yet ripe. But the power of the times has enabled the Kuomintang to move forward on the road of constitutional democracy... He also said: The experience he has gained in leading the country over the past 40 years has made him more convinced of Mr. Sun Yat-sen's motto, that any measure "as long as it conforms to the laws of nature, as long as it conforms to the level of human cognition, as long as it conforms to the world trend, as long as it reflects the wishes of the people, and is discovered by the social elite, it will definitely be successfully realized." Chiang Kai-shek looked calm, but could not hide his inner anxiety, and it was obvious at this time than at any time.
However, at this time, he was even more worried about the increasingly deteriorating military situation. The Kuomintang gradually could not control its strongholds in the Northeast. They withdrew from Jilin on March 12 and explained in the usual military cliché that this was to shorten the transportation line. The garrison retreated to Changchun, which added a huge burden to the besieged city. GCD blocked all food supply routes to Changchun. As many as 100 people starved to death every day. After fierce competition, Siping was lost three days after the fall of Jilin, and GCD could launch an attack on Chenyang at this time.
David G. Boer, the leader of the US military advisory group, begged Chiang Kai-shek to withdraw from Chenyang, but in vain. Chiang Kai-shek's self-esteem did not allow him to accept David's suggestion. On April 24, General Peng Dehuai of the Communist Party recaptured Yan'an, the former base of Mao ZD. Then, the Kuomintang also won the battle. But it was not long, and the situation was already obvious. The Chinese People's Liberation Army was no longer a guerrilla, but a regular army. In June, in the Battle of Kaifeng, Henan, General Chen Yi led nearly 200,000 troops to fight with the same number of Kuomintang troops. The city was lost on the 22nd, but it was taken back on the 25th.
In July, the Kuomintang troops in Shanxi were besieged there. Except for the period when the Japanese occupied it, Shanxi had been ruled by the shrewd veteran warlord Yan Xishan since 1912. There were coal mines, iron mines, steel plants and arsenals in Shanxi, which could provide normal military demand for Yan Xishan. On the 22nd, Chiang Kai-shek ventured to Taiyuan and landed at the only government-controlled airport among the three airports. Before that, Chiang Kai-shek risked his life to Zhengzhou, when Zhengzhou was facing the danger of being occupied by GCD. He also flew to Jinan and Shenyang to boost morale. Due to constant running and attempting to control all forces in his own hands, Chiang Kai-shek suffered from insomnia.
After receiving Wu Mingdi's request, Du Yuesheng, Stu Leiden and others reported to Chiang Kai-shek, asking whether the Malayan government should stop recruiting talents from the mainland at this time. In other words, they were testing Chiang Kai-shek's attitude. However, Chiang Kai-shek never made any statement on this matter, which was equivalent to disguised acquiescence. But he also issued an order that anyone who intends to go to Malaya to develop must undergo the government's review, and some special talents and reputation should not be let go first. At this time, retreating to Taiwan when the situation was out of control was already recognized by Chiang Kai-shek. Taiwan's territory was too small, and there were only limited people who could go. Chiang Kai-shek thought that talents would rather be cheaper than leave the Chinese in Malaya than leave the GCD. He even thought that if Taiwan was not protected, would it be a matter of establishing an exile government in the United States or in Malaya.
On September 8, 1948, Wu Ming's plane landed at Chongqing Airport, and the Prime Minister of the National Government Weng Wenhao was waiting at the airport. In the election of the National Congress, the Kuomintang was extremely uneasy because it did not gain the upper hand in the election of the vice president. They wanted to regain his lost position by proposing to elect He Yingqin as prime minister. However, they failed again. This position was served by the capable and honest Weng Wenhao. The emergence of Weng Wenhao made the new cabinet more free. But in Wu Ming's view, it was too late, and the development of the situation in mainland China was basically not much different from the original history. One person's resistance to Japan, Long Teng Nanyang, Chapter 42 China's situation
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