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- Creators: Smedley, Agnes, 1892-1950
- Status: Published
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
DescriptionAn election meeting preceding elections for village leaders. Central Hupeh (Hubei). In this "living education" system, villagers were taught methods of democratic elections, village and town administration.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description(Top photo)Throughout Central China I found peasants with guns under Military Training. (Bottom photo) Twice a year, high school graduates and younger local officials took competitive examinations to enter Government Officers Training Schools.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
{Top photo}The Mayor of Hwangchuan (Huangchuan) , Honan (He'nan); Major-General Wang Chan-ping, of the 7th Army; and Special Commissioner Mai Ta-fu of Hwangchuan. (Bottom photo) Members of the ancient peasant secret society, the Hwang Shih Hwei, in North Hupeh (Hubei), a big sword society that practices mystic rites but fight the Japanese. They wear yellow insignia.
ContributorsSmedley, Agnes, 1892-1950 (Author)
Created1937 to 1940
Description
(Top photo) A tall figure with a round cap, in the foreground, is a captured commander of a Japanese puppet army in Central Hupeh (Hubei). Court-martialed and shot by the New 4th Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment. This puppet commander was formerly a commander in a national army and was a Whampoo military cadet. (Bottom photo) The New Fourth Army Storm Guerrilla Detachment in Central Hupeh (Hubei) captures cigarettes, brown and white sugar, kerosene and other supplies from Japanese boats on the Han River.