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During WWII, the CCP was engaged in opium trade, kept contacts with the collaborationist regime, and avoided to fight the Japanese as much as possible.

The author argues that the antifascist resistance of Mao is a myth and that the real practice was to pass the buck on the nationalists.

While it was proof of endurance, The Long March was more an adaptation than Mao playing 5D chess with Chiang, since he was isolated and the leadership pursued confrontation with the Nationalists. One in control and safe at Yan'an he passed the buck to his rivals, when the full scale Japanese invasion began.

The author explains that the PLA Day is a celebration of an ignominious failure led by Zhou Enlai at Stalin`s orders, and why the Soong sisters were cool.