China in civil war(1946-1949)

the following old pictures were photoed by a USA'a reporters in Shanghai in 1946-1949.

they reflects how old CHina was like.


old Shanghai in 1948

Shanghai in 1948

still Shanghai in 1948.

the beggars were robbing cotton on buses . those cotton was donated by UN.



the weman was one of "robbers" . she got arrested by a policeman.

still Shanghai in 1948

Slums in Shanghai . now the slum should become dazzling skyscrapers.



the " slumdogs" in street


the bodies of starved kids

Manchuria in 1948.


Government troops marching


government troops were searching for communist troops.

wemen prisoners captured by government troops


Shenyang city surrounded by communist troops.

BTW, Shenyang city was the biggest city in Manchuria. it owned the biggest arsenals in Asia at that time.

There was more fighting between the two Chinese camps than against us!

who was funding the two sides??

Shanghai in 1948




workers were taking their salary one by one.
the piles on the dest were their salary. due to seriousr inflation, chinese currency collapsed and become useless crappy papers.

still Shanghai in 1948.


government troops went to prevent the street demonstration of university students


the university student were pretesting that USA helped Japan with economy aid.

Beiping( Beijing Today) in 1948.

the head of Chinese government at that time, Marshal Chiang Kai-shek.

in 1945, He led chinese to defeat Japanese and win WW II and his reputation rose to the peak.

But only 3 year later, his government was on the edge of collapsion . Marshal Chiang himself also became unpopular among people.

Bangbu in 1948

it is the decisive battlefield in center China.

a team of government cavalrymen were retreating south.....



Shanghai in 1948

some government soilders had their hair cut. they had just retreated frm Manchuria.

Nanjing ,the capital of CHina at that time.

government troops

government troops had the support from USA while communist troops wee supported by soviets.

indeed so was it.