East Hebei Autonomous Government
East Hebei Autonomous Government | |||||||||
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1935–1938 | |||||||||
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Common languages | Mandarin, Japanese | ||||||||
Government | One-party republic under a dictatorship | ||||||||
Chairman | |||||||||
• 1935–1937 | Yin Ju-keng | ||||||||
• 1937–1938 | Chi Zongmo | ||||||||
Historical era | Chin–Doihara Agreement | 27 June 1935 | |||||||
• Formed | 25 November 1935 | ||||||||
29 July 1937 | |||||||||
• Dissolved | 1 February 1938 | ||||||||
Currency | Chi Tung Bank-issued yuan, on par with Japanese yen and Manchukuo yuan | ||||||||
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Today part of | China ∟ Beijing ∟ Hebei |
The East Hebei Autonomous Government (Chinese: 冀東防共自治政府; pinyin: Jìdōng Fánggòng Zìzhì Zhèngfǔ),[1] also known as the East Ji Autonomous Government and the East Hebei Autonomous Anti-Communist Government, was a short-lived late-1930s state in northern China. It has been described by historians as either a Japanese puppet state or a buffer state.
History
After the creation of
On 15 November 1935, the local Chinese administrator of the 22 counties in
The East Hebei Autonomous government received a response in the form of Gen. Song Zheyuan's Hebei-Chahar Political Government, which was under the Nanjing government, launched on 18 December 1935.[2][3] Chinese soldiers remained in the area.[4]
In July 1936, a peasant uprising against the East Hebei Autonomous Government broke out in
The East Hebei government survived the Tongzhou mutiny in late July 1937 before being absorbed into the collaborationist Provisional Government of China in February 1938.
See also
References
- ^ Japanese Kitō Bōkyō Jichi Seifu (冀東防共自治政府)
- ISBN 978-0-313-29394-8.
- ISBN 978-0-8014-6845-2.
- ISBN 9780115915611.
- ^ Morning Tribune Staff (1936), p. 9.
- ^ The China Monthly Review Staff (1936), p. 473.
Sources
- Morning Tribune Staff (30 July 1936). "Yellow Sand Cult to be suppressed by Japanese". Morning Tribune. Vol. 1, no. 154. Peiping. p. 9. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- The China Monthly Review Staff (20 August 1936). ""Yellow Sand" Society Suppressed by Japanese in Demilitarized Zone". The China Monthly Review. Vol. 77. Custom House, Shanghai. p. 473.
Further reading
- "China: Next: Hopei". Time. April 5, 1937.
- On Hopei Flag