The Politics of Reconstruction

This chapter describes Song Ziwen's ideas of economic modernization and shows that Wang Jingwei's and Chen Gongbo's ideas of nation building had wide resonance among most of the Nationalist civilian leaders. It explores how the political disunity of the Nanjing government and the uncertainty caused by the struggle for its leadership prevented the modernization of the state undermining their reform effort. Song adopted a new strategy to pursue reform goals and began focusing on the creation of a special economic organization. He seized the new opportunity presented by the formation of the Wang-Jiang coalition. The new National Economic Council (NEC) reflected the main ideas on which the alliance between Song and the Wang group rested. It is noted that Song's reform attempts in the years before the inauguration of the Wang-Jiang coalition testify to the wide appeal of Wang's and Chen's plan for the development of China's minzu economy.

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