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Chiang Kai-Shek, having fled to the rogue province of Taiwan after his failure to defend against the masses of China, has formally offered the People's Republic of China peace on the grounds of a united coalition government. This is the same Chiang Kai-Shek whom [b]initiated the current stare of conflict between the Communist Party of China and the Kuomintang reactionaries[/b] with the Shanghai Massacre of 1927, embroiling China in a civil war for twenty-three years. This is the same Chiang Kai-Shek, who having proclaimed that he was to [i]'defend the country and protect the people'[/i] promptly [b]submitted to entirety of Manchuria to the vicious Japanese Empire,[/b] where the toiling masses of workers and peasants in Manchuria were brutally slaughtered by soldiers with guns, cannons, and bombs. This is the same Chiang Kai-Shek whose actions were not to [i]'defend the country and protect the people'[/i] but rather [b]allowed the devastating occupation to take place without the slightest attempt to resist.[/b] This is the same Chiang Kai-Shek who allowed for the so-called Tanggu Truce to be signed between the 'Republic of China' and Empire of Japan. This truce, [b]the most recent of China's unequal treaties,[/b] solidified Chiang's policy of non-resistance against the Japanese invaders. In effect, [b]Chiang choose to sacrifice great swaths of China in order to pursue his militaristic policy of attacking his fellow countrymen[/b] as he laid siege to us Communists within Yan'an. Despite immense public anger over Chiang Kai-Shek's [i]“internal pacification before external resistance"[/i] campaign, [b]the Generalissimo made no attempt to follow the wishes of the people[/b] - which is surely a direct contradiction of the Third of Sun Yat-Sen's Principles: that of the People's Livelihood.

Unlike the Chiang Kai-Shek Government, my own government has chosen to listen to the masses and choose a policy of resistance against the Japanese. On December 27th 1935, I called for a United Front between the Communist Party and the Kuomintang Reactionaries in my speech, [i]'On Tactics Against Japanese Imperialism',[/i] in order to lead a nation-wide front against the forces of fascism. My voice was naturally unheeded by the militaristic Kuomintang government, [b]who continued to pursue a policy of killing their own countrymen[/b] until the Xi'an Incident.It was only then, when faced with death himself, that Chiang Kai-Shek finally agreed to establish the Second United Front between the Communists and the Kuomintang. For eight years, us Chinese people made immense sacrifices against the Japanese imperialists. But during those eight years, [b]Chiang Kai-Shek was unable to adhere to the agreement undertaken at Xi'an.[/b] More often than not, the Red Army had been assaulted by forces of Chiang's pressganged soldiers. We effectively resisted such oppressive means, as [b]us Communists value the unity of China against the forces of imperialism[/b] far more than misguided attempts to eradicate our fellow compatriots. 

With the end of the War of Resistance in sight, [b]us Communists were willing to maintain the unity of China under a democratic government[/b] much like the First Principle of Sun Yat-Sen calls for. But let us not forget that the anti-popular clique of the Kuomintang merely followed in the autocratic footsteps of Yuan Shikai, seeking [b]an autocratic unification where they waged civil war for fully ten years[/b] - only to let in the Japanese aggressors while they themselves withdrew to Mount Omei. The dictatorship of the Kuomintang, protected by fascist mercenaries known as 'Blue Shirts', [b]is not and has never truly been interested in democracy and freedom for the people of China.[/b] Chiang Kai-Shek has ignored the people of China when he [b]slaughtered the innocents during 1927, when he surrendered Manchuria to the Japanese in 1931, and when he choose to continue the devastating civil war in light of imperialist attacks on China. A man who has committed himself to such policies can not truly claim to fight for the right of people's democracy.[/b]

Regardless of the fascist ideology in possession of Chiang Kai-Shek, us Communists attempted to maintain a united China after the end of the War of Resistance. But a simple look at the Kuomintang's past revealed that this could be troubling. There was the slight matter of a [b]counter-revolutionary civil war for ten whole years.[/b] There was the other slight matter of [b]launching three large-scale anti-Communist campaigns despite the Japanese invasion.[/b] And there was also the slight matter of [b]inviting Japanese soldiers to continue the occupation of Chinese land after the War of Resistance, acting as his allies against us his fellow countrymen[/b] - in effect, fulfilling the wishes of the great traitor Wang Jingwei! But no matter these outrageous crimes against our people, us Communists were willing to forgive as we sought a united and free China. We sought to bring an e It was after 47 days of negotiations at the Chonqging Conference where the Double Tenth Agreement was signed, one proclaiming a united China under the leadership of the Kuomintang with the Communist Party as a valid opposition party and partner in coalition. We had the highest hopes, but unfortunately it was not meant to be. It wasn't long before our armies had found themselves encircled by the Kuomintang aggressors as Chiang Kai-Shek sought to destroy us! For the Communist Party and people of China, [b]this was a betrayal as strong as the Shanghai Massacre of 1927.[/b] All over China, our were invaded and occupied by the Kuomintang forces, which burned and killed wantonly. In various battles of self-defence we captured piles of "bandit suppression" and anti-Communist documents, among which are the [i]Handbook on Bandit Suppression[/i]. This simply confirmed that any notions of a truly united and democratic China was unacceptable to the Kuomintang, despite their sayings otherwise. For days I had stressed the need to be realistic to Chiang Kai-Shek in struggling for a peaceful China. [b]But with the subjective desire of Chiang Kai-shek since 1927 maintain his dictatorship and destroy the Communist Party[/b], this was a task that would prove impossible.

Due to such traitorous actions to the people of China, is it any surprise that the Chiang Kai-shek government, hostile to the whole people, found itself besieged by the whole people? [b]The traitorous Chiang Kai-shek government mustered two million troops and launched an all-out offensive by using political consultation and military mediation to gather time[/b], and as always it is the perversion of these factors in which Chiang Kai-Shek maintains his rule. It is not hard to deny that military suppression and political deception have been the two main instruments by which Chiang Kai-shek maintained his reactionary rule. Thankfully, the people have spoken their mind! Where the Kuomintang reactionaries speak of us Communists 'not embracing what is best for the people, and asserting my own power' - can anyone believe that the acts of Chiang Kai-Shek comply entirely with the wishes of the people? The public anger says otherwise. [b]Whereas Chiang Kai-Shek and his gang of militarists have taken to siphoning as much money as they can, I have taken to imitating the land reform campaigns in which I set free the most heavily oppressed and numerous people of China - the peasants - from the reactionary forces of the feudal landlords.[/b] Chaing Kai-Shek may speak with a tongue of honey, but he has nothing but a heart of poison. He was not content with abandoning his [b]reactionary ways of military suppression to maintain his autocracy![/b] The people of Taiwan unfortunately had to endure [b]three years of martial law as we speak now, due to a culmination of the 2/28 Incident - where the Taiwanese people's wish to be represented and protected against the carpetbagging officials of the Kuomintang was mercilessly crushed by a massacre numbering in the thousands.[/b]As we can see, the autocratic ideals of Chiang Kai-Shek have not dissipated - [b]they are as strong as ever[/b] no matter how he flourishes his words with a supposed love for freedom and democracy.

Having been pushed off of the mainland, a task which as talented as the forces of the People's Liberation Army are could only have been attained with the will of the masses, [b]Chiang Kai-Shek reigns with an iron fist from Taiwan.[/b] He is afraid to let go of power, and afraid to accept the reality. In order to maintain a semblance of safety against the People's Liberation Army, [b]Chiang Kai-Shek has called upon the United States of America to block mainland access to his rump state and safeguard his rule.[/b] I believe this hearkens back to a familiar scene, where Chiang Kai-Shek sacrificed Manchuria all in an attempt to centralise power in a crippled China solely under his control. Naturally, it was a move that the people of the 1930s found despicable and today this is a move which the people of China shall too find despicable. [b]If Chiang Kai-Shek truly was the legitimate authority of the people, would he not have the support of the masses as us Communists possess? Would he not be welcomed with open arms without the slightest need for military brutality? And would he not be able to maintain his 'legitimate' rule without having to rely upon forces of foreign nations to prop up his regime?[/b] We call the Kuomintang running dogs for a good reason, and his recent actions have only demonstrated he wishes to maintain such a title.

In light of these well known facts, the People's Republic of China is inclined to [b]deny the current peace offer from the self-styled Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek.[/b] 

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[i]Chairman of the Communist Party of China[/i][/centre]