Communist Republic of China
Communist Republic of China
Origins
The Communist Republic of China emerged from the ashes of the Second Sino-Japanese War and the collapse of Japanese imperial power in Asia. After Japan’s defeat in 1945, the vacuum left by the Kwantung Army in Manchuria was quickly filled by Chinese communist forces under the leadership of Mao Zedong, who proclaimed the foundation of an independent state in northeastern China, with its capital in Harbin.
Territory and Borders
The Communist Republic of China controls:
- Manchuria, with its heavy industries and natural resources inherited from Japanese occupation.
- The frontier region with Mongolia and the far eastern border with Siberia.
- Rural zones strongly organized around peasant militias.
It shares tense borders with the Republic of China, allied with the United States, which absorbed former Japanese-controlled territories in the east (including Shanghai, Nanjing, and Formosa), and with Korea, also under U.S. influence.
Government and Leadership
Mao Zedong presents himself as the great revolutionary unifier of the Chinese people, but the Communist Republic of China is far from controlling the entire nation. Its government functions as a one-party regime under the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), combining Marxism-Leninism with rural Maoism.
The economy is based on collectivized agriculture and the recovery of heavy industry left behind by the Japanese, supported strongly by the Asian socialist bloc (the Siberian Union and Communist Mongolia).
People’s Revolutionary Army
The Maoist army, called the People’s Revolutionary Army, is composed of:
- Veterans of the long war against Japan.
- Peasant guerrillas organized in rural militias.
- Captured equipment from the former Imperial Japanese Army.
Although lacking the modern equipment of the Republic of China, its strength lies in mobility, ideological discipline, and guerrilla warfare capability.
Its main sources of armament are:
- Weapons and supplies from the Siberian Union and Communist Mongolia.
- Captured Japanese matériel (light tanks, field artillery, Arisaka rifles).
- Limited local production in Manchurian factories.
Rivalry with the Republic of China
The division of the country into two states marked the beginning of a Chinese Cold War:
- The Republic of China, backed by the United States, presented itself as the official heir of Sun Yat-sen and republican nationalism.
Both factions engaged in border clashes in Hebei and Manchuria, though the fear of total war—dragging the United States and Germany into another global conflict—kept the struggle latent.
International Position
The Communist Republic of China is part of the Asian socialist bloc alongside Mongolia and the Siberian Union. While it receives military and logistical support from these states, it remains independent of the Reich and declares its struggle against both Western imperialism and German expansionism in Eurasia.
Its message is clear: the true liberation of China will only come with the expulsion of imperialists and the fall of the puppet government in Nanjing. Meanwhile, Mao is building in Manchuria a solid base from which he dreams of unifying all of China under the red banner of revolution.
