Provisional Government of the Republic of China

Provisional Government of the Republic of China
Provisional Government of the Republic of China
中華民國臨時政府
Zhōnghuá Mínguó Línshí Zhèngfǔ
Puppet state of Imperial Japan

 

1937–1940

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Anthem
The Song to the Auspicious Cloud[1]
Capital Beijing
Language(s) Chinese
Government Republic
Acting Chairman Wang Kemin
Historical era Interwar period
 - Marco Polo Bridge Incident 1937
 - Established 14 December 1937
 - Merged 30 March 1940

The Provisional Government of the Republic of China (traditional Chinese: 中華民國臨時政府; simplified Chinese: 中华民国临时政府; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Mínguó Línshí Zhèngfǔ, or Japanese: Chūka Minkoku Rinji Seifu) was a Chinese provisional government protected by the Empire of Japan that existed from 1937 to 1940 during the Second Sino-Japanese War.[2]

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History

After the conquest of Northern China, Japanese Imperial General Headquarters authorized the creation of a collaborationist regime as part of its overall strategy to establish an autonomous buffer zone between China and Japanese-controlled Manchukuo. It nominally controlled the provinces of Hopei, Shantung, Shansi, Honan and Kiangsu.[3]

The Provisional Government of the Republic of China was officially inaugurated by Wáng Kèmǐn, former Kuomintang Minister of Finance, on 14 December 1937, with its capital at Beijing.

Its activities were carefully prescribed and overseen by advisors provided by the Japanese Northern China Area Army. The failure of the Japanese to give any real authority to the Provisional Government discredited it in the eyes of the local inhabitants, and made its existence of only limited propaganda utility to the Japanese authorities.[4]

The Provisional Government was, along with the Reformed Government of the Republic of China, merged into Wang Jingwei's Nanjing-based new government on 30 March 1940, but in practical terms actually remained virtually independent under the name of the "North China Political Affairs Commission" [5] (華北政務委員會) until the end of the war.

Provisional Government Army

The security of the first Provisional Government was at first based around a 5,000 man police force. The Provisional Government Army began to be organized in May 1938 with the organization of a Japanese-run military academy in Tongzhou. Non-commissioned officers (NCOs) began six months of training in February 1939 and the army officially formed in September 1939. At first the Army had to fill most of the officer and NCO slots with former Nationalist officers until the newly trained officers could take charge.

The army consisted of 13,200 men in eight infantry regiments of 1,650 men each. Six of the regiments were organized in three brigades of two regiments each and put under the command of a Chinese Major General with a Japanese advisor. In addition, a 400 man strong bodyguard formed to protect government officials after all of Wang Ke-min's Japanese bodyguards were killed on duty.

See also

References

  1. ^ China 1921-1928 nationalanthems.info
  2. ^ Brune, Chronological History of US Foreign Relations, page 521
  3. ^ Jennings, John M.; The Opium Empire: Japanese Imperialism and Drug Trafficking in Asia, 1895-1945, pg. 92
  4. ^ Black, World War Two: A Military History, pg. 34
  5. ^ Li, Lillian M., et al; Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City, pg. 166
  • Black, Jeremy (2002). World War Two: A Military History. Routeledge. ISBN 0415305357. 
  • Brune, Lester H. (2002). Chronological History of US Foreign Relations. Routeledge. ISBN 041593916X. 
  • Jowett, Phillip S. (2004). Rays of the Rising Sun, Vol. 1. Helion and Company Ltd.. ISBN 1-874622-21-3. 
  • Wasserman, Bernard (1999). Secret War in Shanghai: An Untold Story of Espionage, Intrigue, and Treason in World War II. Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 0395985374. 
  • Li, Lillian M.; Dray-Novey, Alison J.; Kong, Haili (2007). Beijing: From Imperial Capital to Olympic City. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0230605273. 

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