Please join the Vancouver School of Economics for their upcoming event on April 9th! James Kung (Sein and Isaac Souede Professor in Economic History, HKU) will be presenting his work titled “The Rise of Communism in China”, joint with Ting Chen (see draft attached).
Paper Abstract:
We show that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) experienced significantly faster growth in counties occupied by the Japanese Army than those garrisoned by the Kuomingtang (KMT) during the Sino-Japanese War (c. 1940-45), using the density of middle-to-upper rank Communist cadres (5.4%) and the size of the guerilla base (10.3%) as proxies. The struggle for survival and humiliation caused by wartime sex crimes are the channels through which the CCP ascended to power. We also find that people who live in former Japanese occupied counties today are significantly more nationalistic and exhibit greater trust in the government than those who reside elsewhere.
Date and Time:
Date: Friday, April 9th at 5:00 pm PDT
Link to Join: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/68803925405?pwd=UW1KNHE2VGN3YXRKVDVjK04xcXBQUT09