In Commemoration of the Defense of Shanghai, Fourth Anniversary.
Published by Far Eastern Relations Committee, Chinese Students' Club University of California, Berkeley, California. 22pp. Printed on very inexpensive newsprint, Bound in original pictorial wrappers with a portrait of Gen. Tsai Tin-Kai on the cover. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their rubber atam on the front cover. Given the quality of the paper there is a good amount of chipping along the page and wrappers—that and the text is brittle. Careful use must be practiced. That said, there are NO copies located in any libraries worldwide via WorldCat/OCLC. Rare. $250
“Cai Tingkai (1892–1968) was a Chinese general in overall command of the 19th Route Army of the Republic of China's National Revolutionary Army and other Chinese forces responsible for holding off the Imperial Japanese Army during the Shanghai War of 1932 on 28 January 1932. In November 1933 Cai and fellow 19th Route Army officer Li Jishen rebelled against the ruling Kuomintang regime and, with Jiang Guangnai, established the Fujian People's Government on 22 November 1933. However, the rebellion--known as the Fujian Incident--did not receive Communist support and, on 21 January 1934, it was defeated by the Kuomintang and Cai was forced to leave China for several years. Later, in the Second Sino-Japanese War (World War II), Cai returned to command the 26th Army Group in the Battle of South Guangxi. He also traveled to the United States to gain support from Chinese-Americans for the war effort.
During the final stages of the Chinese Civil War Cai supported the Chinese Communists and was a signer of the "Proclamation of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China" of 1 October 1949.”--Wikipedia
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