Episode 24: War Memory of the Chinese Expeditionary Force

After Communists won the Civil War and founded the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the history of the Chinese Expeditionary Force (CEF) was excluded from the public discourse for a long time due to their political affiliation with the Nationalist government. Nonetheless, it is noteworthy that in the 1980s, that situation began to change. The stories of CEF started to be heard in China and many veterans from the CEF are now honored as national heroes. This thesis will examine this shifting narrative, and ultimately answer how and why the memory of World War II has changed in post-war China through the case of CEF.  Book The Forgotten Theater of WWII of China-Burma-India: The Untold Story of the First Chinese Expeditionary Force References 1. Guo Shang Mu Yuan Jian Jie. Accessed on July 20th.  2. Mitter, Rana. “War and Memory Since 1945.” The Cambridge History of War, edited by Roger Chickering, Dennis Showalter, and Hans van de Ven, vol, 4: 542–65. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012. doi:10.1017/CHO9781139021203.026. 3. Teng Chong Xian Guo Shang Mu Yuan Ji Gou Guan Li Gong Zuo Qing Kuang Hui Bao. Accessed on July 20th.  4. Wo Nu Salon. “An Interview with Writer Ge Yu.” Accessed on July 20th, 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/pacific-atrocities-education/support