“Who are our enemies? Who are our friends? This is a question of the first importance for the revolution.”
“Contempt for China on the part of the enemy is his weak point. Knowledge of this weak point is our strong point. “
“From the point of the view of the nation’s power, it was obvious that while we were fighting the Sino-Japanese war, every effort was to be made to avoid adding to our enemies and opening additional fronts.“
“The empire, long divided, must unite; long united, it must divide. Thus it has ever been.” – opening lines of Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
The Chinese Civil War (1927-1950) was a conflict between the Chinese Communist Party and the Nationalist Party, Kuomintang. Although the conflict started in 1927, the two sides formed the Second United Front due to the Japanese threat during the World War Two. The conflict between the two sides continued after the end of WW2 due to the absence of the common foe, Imperial Japan.