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In the War of Liberation, if the Kuomintang won the final victory, what would China be like today?
If the Kuomintang had won the war of liberation, what would China be like today?
As we all know, in the War of Liberation, our army fought many immortal battles, completed the decisive battle against the Kuomintang army, and successfully won the final victory. But it is precisely because this kind of combat idea is so amazing that many officers of the national army said after being captured, "If you give yourself another chance, the national army will definitely not lose!"
Regardless of whether the generals of the national army have the ability to win the war of liberation, imagine what kind of scene China would have been like if the national army had really won the war of liberation.
Will China still be as powerful as it is today? Will people be able to live happily ever after?
Warlord secession
What will happen to China if the Nationalist Army wins the final victory in the War of Liberation?
First of all, China will certainly not be as vast and with many people as it is today. As one of the five permanent members of the United Nations at that time, China not only had the world's leading land area, but also a huge population and dozens of united ethnic groups, which was the envy of many countries in the world.
But all this is the result of the Chinese Communist Party, and if the final winner of the original liberation war is the Kuomintang, all this beautiful thing will disappear. Under the construction of the Kuomintang, it would certainly be impossible for China to have such a vast territory and such a united people of all nationalities.
Although in the protracted struggle between our party and Lao Chiang, the situation that emerged was a struggle between the opposition party and the ruling party, the local forces, and the central forces. However, this does not mean that the Nationalist Government at that time was a strong central government, which could build a country with a vast territory and a large ethnic group and population in the future.
Some people may be puzzled and say that the Nationalist Government had already completed the reunification of the country when the flag changed in the northeast. Isn't this what our party has done later?
Although the Nationalist Government did indeed become the central government of China after Zhang Xueliang joined the Nationalist Government, it did not mean that it was in charge of the whole of China. Although all provinces and cities in the country submitted to the Nationalist government in Nanjing, they did not change the situation of Chinese warlordism.
Whether it is Li and Bai, who support the army and respect themselves and always want to oust Lao Jiang from power, Yan Laoxi, who "closes off the country" and pursues independent development, or the three horses, the void and the snake who are entrenched in the northwest and "listen to the tune and do not listen to the propaganda", Yang Hucheng who cherishes his family and country, or the warlords of Chuankang who are constantly fighting and fighting for themselves. In addition, Long Yun in Yunnan, Sheng Shicai in Xinjiang, Wang Jialie in Guizhou and other large and small warlords from all over the world.
Although they nominally recognized the central identity of the Nationalist Government in Nanjing, they still carried out secession operations on their own territory. In order to make these warlords obey his orders, Lao Jiang either made a wish through the official seal, or co-opted the attack, and used various means to make these people settle down on the surface.
But on the other hand, Lao Chiang could only recognize their respective lofty rights in their own regions. Although China is a vast country on the surface, it is in fact under the jurisdiction of large and small warlords. The area that Chiang's Nationalist government was actually able to control was the small southern half of the southern region south of Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
During the Long March, the reason why the local warlords, as subordinates of the Nationalist Government, were unwilling to easily exchange fire with our army was not only because they were afraid of our army, but more importantly, they were worried that Lao Chiang would take the opportunity to meddle in his own territory and erode his own power.
A central government would even resort to such despicable means when it controls local power. How can such a country be called a unified country?
Therefore, even if the Kuomintang army won the final victory in the War of Liberation, China would still be a warlord-divided country.
Although Lao Chiang reclaimed the sovereignty of the local warlords through various improper means in the development of the Nationalist government. However, with the strength and background of the Li and Bai people of the Gui family, the three horses in the northwest, and the Sheng Shicai of Xinjiang at that time, it was difficult for the Nationalist Government to solve the problem in a short period of time.
Even if the elder Chiang was to suddenly subdue these local warlords, Tibet, a region that had never been formally ruled by the government, would definitely become independent of China.
And the factional struggle in the army within the national government will also cause a certain degree of division in China in the future. After the death of Lao Chiang, it is not impossible that there will be a struggle between these various military factions with evil intentions, and there will be a split again. After all, the history of the Beiyang government has long given the answer.
Therefore, from this point of view, even if the national army wins the final liberation war, it will only bring about a warlord separating the country, and there will be constant infighting in China.
In addition to internal divisions, China will certainly suffer from imperialist oppression and colonial influence.
饱受压迫
What would China be like if the Kuomintang had won the final victory in the War of Liberation?
If the Nationalist army really won the final victory in the war, then China must be China living in humiliation and colonization. The reason why New China is "new" is precisely because under the leadership of our party, the three mountains of imperialism, feudalism, and bureaucratic capitalism have been completely overthrown.
If the Nationalist Army wins the final victory in the Liberation War, then these three mountains will firmly press on the backs of the Chinese people. Even if Lao Jiang succeeds in eliminating this hidden danger and truly seizing the supreme power in China, this political speculator will certainly not bring a happy life to the Chinese.
As a staunch political opportunist, Chiang's path to power was full of compromises and showed his weak personality. After choosing to gain the support of the comprador forces and become the representative of the big landlords and big capitalists, Lao Chiang bent down to the three mountains and became their defender rather than challenger.
It is precisely because of this political background that Lao Chiang is destined to compromise and retreat in the face of imperialism and feudalism. In the eyes of political speculators like Chiang, the national sovereignty of China as a whole is nothing more than a trivial matter compared to its own ruling power.
In the impression of the Chinese, it seems that the late Qing Dynasty was a master of "traitor", but in fact, in modern China, the real "master of betrayal" is the national government. Since the counter-revolutionary coup d'état of Lao Chiang in 1927, the Nationalist Government has signed a total of 745 unequal treaties with foreign countries in just over 20 years of rule.
Whether it was the removal of Lao Chiang, in order to eliminate the communist forces in the country, he chose to recognize Japan's illegal interests in Manchuria in exchange for financial support, or when the Japanese army invaded and occupied China, he repeatedly secretly signed traitorous treaties such as the "He-Mei Agreement". Or in the War of Liberation, by selling territorial sovereignty such as Outer Mongolia, or by signing Sino-US trade treaties, the country's economic rights and interests in exchange for the strong support of the US government. Unsurprisingly, it fully shows that the Nationalist Government under the rule of Lao Chiang has never taken national sovereignty to heart.
On the road of betraying national sovereignty, Lao Jiang can be said to have run wildly all the way. Even if it can eventually eliminate the opposition and gain control of China. At that time, China will probably have already become a puppet plaything of European and American imperialism. At that time, the Nationalist Government will certainly not dare to think about the imperialist powers in China.
At that time, China was not only unable to smoothly recover the concessions of major cities, Hong Kong, and Macao. The situation is likely to continue to deteriorate, and eventually a number of "states within a state" will emerge on Chinese soil where foreigners are respected.
As a superpower after World War II, the United States will certainly use China as an important pawn in its own layout in the Asia-Pacific region. At that point, China's position is likely to become a base for the United States, such as "South Korea and Japan." Not only may there be many US military bases on the Chinese soil, but there may even be a large number of incidents of US military bullying the Chinese.
In addition to this sovereign insult, China is bound to become an economic vassal state of the United States. The Chinese market will be flooded with a large number of American products, and China's national assets will gradually disappear under the squeeze of bureaucratic capital and imperialist capital. And those foreign enterprises and bureaucratic capital dependent on the national government will gradually grow into chaebol groups, controlling every aspect of Chinese life.
Living in such a China, I don't think people will have a very happy life.
Even if Chiang's Nationalist government had been able to achieve a final victory in the War of Liberation, China's development would not have been much better. Even if we can't accurately guess that kind of Chinese scenario, we can still get a glimpse of Taiwan's development and understand the possible directions.
How did Taiwan develop under the rule of Chiang's father and son? Can the Chinese feel happy if they live in such a region?
Taiwan case
What would China be like if the Kuomintang had won the final victory in the War of Liberation?
Because the Kuomintang failed to achieve the final victory of the Liberation War, the future of its victory can only be imagined. But in fact, if you really want to understand what kind of China will develop into, you can look forward to it through Taiwan's development.
After its defeat on the island of Taiwan in 1949, the KMT ruled for decades until the DPP came to power.
In these decades of management career, the Jiang father and son have been in charge for the longest time, and it is also the most suitable as a sample reference.
Chiang and his son retreated to Taiwan after defeat, and ruled for a total of 42 years, Chiang Kai-shek ruled for 26 years, and Chiang Jinguo ruled for 16 years.
These 42 years in power are sufficient for us to conduct research and provide a glimpse into the future of KMT-run China.
Although the Kuomintang and the Nationalist Government have always claimed to have inherited the legacy of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, they have taken the idea of democracy and republican thought as their lifelong pursuit. In reality, however, under Chiang's rule, the Nationalist Government and the Kuomintang never practiced a truly democratic system. After the defeat and retreat to Taiwan, the old Chiang regime was even more frightened. In order to prevent our party from launching an ideological offensive, Lao Chiang even directly issued a decree strictly prohibiting the free formation of a party in the Taiwan region and prohibiting the emergence of any party other than the Kuomintang.
Even the Chinese Youth Party and the Chinese Democratic Socialist Party, which followed Lao Chiang all the way to the island, only Lao Chiang retained their legal existence. Outside of the first time, not only were the two parties unable to participate in politics, but even their own activities were greatly restricted. And the act of such a one-party dictatorship is not the first time that Lao Chiang has done it. In the early days of the War of Liberation, in order to sabotage the peace talks between the KMT and the CPC and establish a coalition government, the KMT staged a ridiculous scene of a "one-party congress" and political elections.
After fleeing to Taiwan, Lao Chiang's face still did not cut by half a point. On the premise of prohibiting other parties from participating in politics, Lao Chiang raised the KMT's party power to an unprecedented height, and its party power became an existence above all else.
As the supreme leader of the Kuomintang, Lao Chiang himself undoubtedly became the supreme leader on the island. Taking advantage of this principle of the supremacy of party power, Lao Chiang carried out a major attack on various factions within the Kuomintang and turned the Kuomintang into a party headed by the Chiang family. And he himself is the supreme will of this party, the dictator within the Taiwan regime.
The affairs of the island of Taiwan are decided by Lao Chiang personally, and then communicated through the central organization of the Kuomintang, and the various functional departments of the government participate in the implementation.
Under such a dictatorship, the island of Taiwan is always under a kind of high-pressure rule, and the people's life is extremely unfree.
Chiang Ching-kuo, as his successor, recognized the previous mistakes of the Kuomintang in power, so he vigorously promoted democratic politics. By lifting martial law and allowing democratic parties to participate in political activities, Chiang Ching-kuo did change Taiwan's past political system and allowed the people of Taiwan to gain a certain amount of democratic power.
Chiang Ching-kuo's reforms also promoted the development of Taiwan's political power to a certain extent, but because its ruling class has always stood on the position of capitalists, it cannot change the nature of Taiwan's political power in any way. As the key to the contest between the United States and China, Taiwan has always existed in the form of a chess piece. In the process, Taiwan has never gained real sovereignty and has always been just a pawn on the chessboard of the great power game
To this day, Taiwan has not been able to escape the torment of fate. Although the people of Taiwan seem to be free, they have always been controlled and threatened by other countries, and have not been able to gain enough dignity in the world.
On the other hand, although the mainland does not have the support of Western capital such as the US Empire, it started late on the road ahead. But in just a few decades, the mainland has once again stepped onto the center of the world stage and become a major world power.
In contrast, it is not difficult to conclude that even if the Kuomintang won the Liberation War that year, the mainland still could not escape the fate of being controlled by colonization and became a pawn of the Western powers. And the people of the mainland will certainly not be able to enjoy such a good life as they are today, nor will they be able to obtain true democracy and freedom.
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