ASIEN – Nr. 58 (Januar 1996)
ASIEN – Nr. 58 (Januar 1996)

Did Chiang Kai-shek trigger the Fujian Rebellion? A look at some Western archival documentsFrederick S. Litten

ASIEN – Nr. 58 (1996) pp. 54–56

With the aid of hither to unused documents in the archives of the French and German Foreign Ministries and in the French Army Archive, the author attempts to find out whether Chiang Kai-shek triggered the Fujian Rebellion. Litten takes a critical look at the study of this rebellion by Lloyd Eastman. Litten believes the responsibility of Chiang for triggering this rebellion.