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5 - Pen and Gun

The Chinese Youth Party’s Military Mobilization, Late 1920s–Mid-1930s

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2022

Nagatomi Hirayama
Nagatomi Hirayama
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University of Nottingham Ningbo China
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This chapter first explores how the CYP mobilized radicalized Chinese youths to take part in its violent actions. Subsequently, it explores the CYP’s successes and failures in its military operations through its earlier attempt to found a party army, as well as through its Anti-Japanese guerrilla wars, its uprising in west Hunan, and its participation in the Fujian rebellion. By so doing, this chapter highlights that the CYP founders were not simply intellectuals using the pen as their weapon, but also fought with guns when they strove to materialize their national socialist beliefs. As a result, the CYP also stood out as a distinct revolutionary force representing the radical right in the stage of China’s mass party politics.

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Chujian movementVolunteer ArmyAnti-Japanese WarWest Hunan UprisingFujian Rebellion
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The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918–1951 , pp. 145 - 176
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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  • Pen and Gun
  • Nagatomi Hirayama
  • Book: The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918–1951
  • Online publication: 24 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105170.006
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  • Pen and Gun
  • Nagatomi Hirayama
  • Book: The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918–1951
  • Online publication: 24 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105170.006
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  • Pen and Gun
  • Nagatomi Hirayama
  • Book: The Making and Unmaking of the Chinese Radical Right, 1918–1951
  • Online publication: 24 June 2022
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009105170.006
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