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Occupation of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, 1937-1938
Jirouš, Filip ; Klimeš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hudeček, Jiří (referee)
This paper focuses on the Japanese occupation of the Republic of China's capital, Nanking, in year 1937, and especially on the Nanking Massacre. It contains a summary of the developments in Sino-Japanese relations prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 and of the various interpretations of this conflict's events, mainly focusing on the Nanking episode. The author uses literature in Czech, Chinese and English languages and his primary source is the diary of John Rabe, a German citizen who witnessed the Nanking Massacre. After the introduction of the historical context, the author describes the events in Nanking in years 1937-1938, the activities of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone and finally analyzes possible causes of this dark part of Asian history. Key words: Sino-Japanese War, Nanking, Nanking Massacre, John Rabe, Nanking Safety Zone.
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The Chinese United Front in the ČR: methods, goals and organizational structure
Jirouš, Filip ; Hála, Martin (advisor) ; Hudeček, Jiří (referee)
This thesis describes the CCP united front work in the Czech Republic and challenges the current understanding of the Chinese diaspora's role in the PRC's influence in countries with small Chinese communities. Through an analysis of primary Chinese-language sources contextualized using secondary literature, the study presents the first overall picture of the CCP united front work in a European country. It identifies the main united front groups within the Czech Chinese diaspora and describes their engagement with the Czech and PRC political systems, as well as pan-European Chinese diaspora associations. The main finding is that, while these organizations play an auxiliary role to the Party-state organs and channels PRC uses for interacting with Czech and European politics, their importance and activity is higher than noticed in previous research. The study further finds that the trans-national mobility of the European Chinese migrant communities, well- established in previous scholarship, influences united front work in its treatment of the continent as single space. The creation of pan-European Chinese associations is actively supported by the PRC organs that engage them on higher level than groups restricted to specific countries. The relevance of previous research on European Chinese diaspora to...
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Occupation of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, 1937-1938
Jirouš, Filip ; Klimeš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hudeček, Jiří (referee)
This paper focuses on the Japanese occupation of the Republic of China's capital, Nanking, in year 1937, and especially on the Nanking Massacre. It contains a summary of the developments in Sino-Japanese relations prior to the Second Sino-Japanese War of 1937-1945 and of the various interpretations of this conflict's events, mainly focusing on the Nanking episode. The author uses literature in Czech, Chinese and English languages and his primary source is the diary of John Rabe, a German citizen who witnessed the Nanking Massacre. After the introduction of the historical context, the author describes the events in Nanking in years 1937-1938, the activities of the International Committee for the Nanking Safety Zone and finally analyzes possible causes of this dark part of Asian history. Key words: Sino-Japanese War, Nanking, Nanking Massacre, John Rabe, Nanking Safety Zone.
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