The picture shows the surrender of Japan
Throughout world war II, as the main participating countries in the Asian battlefield, China, as an agrarian country, resisted an industrialized country like Japan, dragged millions of elite Japanese troops to China at the cost of huge casualties and economic losses, and made great contributions to the anti-fascist war in the world and the war plans of the entire Allied powers. With the formal announcement of Japan's acceptance of the unconditional surrender demands of the Allies in 1945, the Chinese people's bitter War of Resistance Against Japan was brought to an end, and China truly stood on the world stage as the main victor and began to judge Japan as a defeated country.
The picture shows the Japanese weapons collected by the Chinese army
As a defeated country, Japan surrendered its weapons to the Allies in accordance with the relevant requirements after surrender, the navy's warships and aircraft were all confiscated, all the munitions factories were required to be closed and demolished, and the United States also began to garrison troops on behalf of the Allies on behalf of the Allies on the Japanese mainland, in addition to the most important thing is the war reparations that Japan should compensate. Logically speaking, China, as the country that suffered the most damage from Japan in the whole war, deserved the most compensation, but in fact, the Chinese government at that time gave up its demand for war reparations against Japan, and the reason for discussing the chinese government at that time made such a decision was actually related to the domestic situation at that time and the United States, which occupied most of the Japanese mainland at that time.
At that time, although the United States had just won the Second World War and completely replaced the Old World as the leader of the Western countries, the United States did not despise the red giant on the Eastern Front, and Japan became the ideal Bridgehead of the Far East of the United States. In order to prevent Japan from sinking completely because of the huge war reparations, the United States secretly persuaded several allies and reached some deals in exchange for these countries to abandon Japan's war reparations. At that time, the Chinese government, as a pro-American country, and at the same time the domestic situation was stable, and it urgently needed the United States to provide a large amount of military material resources, so it agreed to the requirements of the United States in exchange for a large number of Us-made weapons and japanese compensation for aircraft, warships and other military equipment.
The picture shows the new Chinese government restoring its seat in the United Nations
After the establishment of the new Chinese Government, due to its ideological differences with the West and the fact that soon after its founding, it fought a war on the Korean Peninsula with the Western world led by the United States, and the new Chinese Government was boycotted by the Western international community, and it was naturally impossible for Japan under the control of the United States to propose war reparations. Until the 1970s, the new Chinese government and the United States gradually came together for many reasons, the new Chinese government began to be accepted by the entire Western world, as the younger brother of the United States, Japan for the first time felt that the wind was not right, rushed to China before the new Chinese government and the United States established diplomatic relations, and expressed the hope to resume normal diplomatic relations with China, while establishing economic exchanges between the two sides.
The picture shows Shanghai Baosteel Company
However, even at that time, the Japanese government's resume was extremely disgraceful in the eyes of the new Chinese government, and it was not until Prime Minister Shinin of Japan came to power to form a cabinet that the Japanese government was able to negotiate with the new Chinese government. At that time, in order to be able to restore normal relations with China as soon as possible and reduce the hostility of the new Chinese government to Japan, the Japanese prime minister once again proposed war reparations to China, and the new Chinese government at that time said that the two sides would not need to raise any reparations as friends in the future, but still received an urgent shortage of foreign exchange of 5 trillion yen from Japan in the name of interest-free or ultra-low-interest loans between countries, as well as a large amount of technical support from japan, such as the first phase of the Shanghai Baosteel project was completed by Japan. The management system also learns from the Japanese side.
The picture shows Shanghai, China
Japan's ODA program of economic assistance to China lasted until 2008, when Due to the political resurgence between China and Japan and China's economic catch-up, Japan cancelled economic assistance to China, but at this time, Japan had relied on the previous loans to seize a large number of markets when the new Chinese government was reopening, and Japanese companies such as Casio, Nippon, and Nikon were also able to enter China. But in contrast, China also relied on loans from Japan to buy much-needed technology from the West at that time, and at the same time to vigorously develop its domestic economy, which is today the world's second largest economy. As for the loan, the two sides tacitly did not ask for repayment.
Author: Intelligence Officer