#chinese guerrillas

[bookloversofbath]

One-man War: The Jock McLaren Story :: Hal Richardson

[jewtang1865]

[teethburied]

Teen Guerrillas '소년빨찌산' 1951, dir. Yoon Yonggyu

[apas-95]

can you explain a little more about chinese people being homeless by choice? or point me in the direction of more info on this? it seems crazy that thats a viable choice for people

it's much less a problem now that the rural areas have been the focus of development, but it's due to the urban-rural divide in china. your hukou, or house registration, is split between rural and urban, and it's historically been hard for people with rural hukou to get urban hukou (if you want to know why, I have posts on the hukou system here and here). internal migrant workers in china come in many different types, with some working seasonally in cities, some commuting, and some simply working in cities without an actual urban household registration - this last type either seeks out housing unofficially, under-the-table, or goes homeless. rural areas have historically been very underdeveloped compared to cities in china, and going to the city to get work is often a very attractive choice to rural residents. along with crackdowns on companies exploiting internal migrants, there has been a concerted push to develop and revitalise rural areas, now that the economic system of the country is developed enough to make it possible - the eradication of absolute poverty in china was focused almost exclusively on rural areas, especially old guerrilla base areas where mountainous and difficult terrain historically good for revolutionaries made access to schools and hospitals difficult. for more info on that:

[captain-price-unofficially]

American and Chinese soldiers/guerrillas pose with captured Japanese flags, aircraft machine guns, and a MP-28. Burma, 1944.

[gatheringbones]

[“The American soldiers in Vietnam discovered their own ignorance in an immediate way. The NLF guerrillas chose the night and the jungles to fight in, similarly, and they chose to work with that part of the population which was the most obscure to the Americans and to the Saigon government officials. For the Americans to discern the enemy within the world of the Vietnamese village was to attempt to make out figures within a landscape indefinite and vague — underwater, as it were.

Landing from helicopters in a village controlled by the NLF, the soldiers would at first see nothing, having no criteria with which to judge what they saw. As they searched the village, they would find only old men, women, and children, a collection of wooden tools whose purpose they did not know, altars with scrolls in Chinese characters, paths that led nowhere: an economy, a geography, an architecture totally alien to them. Searching for booby traps and enemy supplies, they would find only the matting over a root cellar and the great stone jars of rice. Clumsy as astronauts, they would bend under the eaves of the huts, knock over the cooking pots, and poke about at the smooth earth floor with their bayonets. How should they know whether the great stone jars held a year’s supply of rice for the family or a week’s supply for a company of troops?

With experience they would come to adopt a bearing quite foreign to them. They would dig in the root cellars, peer in the wells, and trace the faint paths out of the village — to search the village as the soldiers of the warlords had searched them centuries ago. Only then would they find the entrance to the tunnels, to the enemy’s first line of defense. To the American commanders who listened each day to the statistics on “tunnels destroyed” and “caches of rice found,” it must have appeared that in Vietnam the whole surface of the earth rested like a thin crust over a vast system of tunnels and underground rooms.

The villages of both the “government” and “Viet Cong” zones were pitted with holes, trenches, and bunkers where the people slept at night in fear of the bombing. In the “Viet Cong” zones the holes were simply deeper, the tunnels longer — some of them running for kilometers out of a village to debouch in another village or a secret place in the jungle. Carved just to the size of a Vietnamese body, they were too small for an American to enter and too long to follow and destroy in total. Only when directed by a prisoner or informer could the Americans dig down to discover the underground storerooms. Within these storerooms lay the whole industry of the guerrilla: sacks of rice, bolts of black cloth, salt fish and fish sauce, small machines made of scrap metal and bound up in sacking. Brown as the earth itself, the cache would look as much like a part of the earth as if it had originated there — the bulbous root of which the palm-leaf huts of the village were the external stem and foliage. And yet, once they were unwrapped, named, and counted, the stores would turn out to be surprisingly sophisticated, including, perhaps, a land mine made with high explosives, a small printing press with leaflets and textbook materials, surgical instruments, Chinese herbal medicines, and the latest antibiotics from Saigon.

The industry clearly came from a civilization far more technically advanced than that which had made the external world of thatched huts, straw mats, and wooden plows. And yet there was an intimate relation between the two, for the anonymous artisans of the storerooms had used the materials of the village not only as camouflage but as an integral part of their technology. In raiding the NLF villages, the American soldiers had actually walked over the political and economic design of the Vietnamese revolution. They had looked at it, but they could not see it, for it was doubly invisible: invisible within the ground and then again invisible within their own perspective as Americans. The revolution could only be seen against the background of the traditional village and in the perspective of Vietnamese history.”]

frances fitzgerald, from fire in the lake: the vietnamese and the americans in vietnam, 1972

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

The next two days mark the 71st anniversary of two momentous events in the history of the world's workers and oppressed peoples.

On July 26, 1953, Fidel Castro and his small guerrilla band struck the first blow of the Cuban Revolution with the attack on the Moncada Army Barracks. Although Fidel was captured and many compatriots killed, the action inspired people throughout the island to rise up against the hated U.S.-backed Batista regime. Less than six years later, the revolution triumphed.

The following day, July 27, 1953, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) declared victory in the Fatherland Liberation War, known in the west as the Korean War. With the aid of Chinese volunteers, the Korean People’s Army led by Kim Il Sung pushed back the U.S. imperialist assault that sought to destroy northern Korea’s socialist revolution and China’s as well. The U.S. was forced to sign an armistice, but even now refuses to enact a peace treaty and continues its military occupation of south Korea.

No one could have known at the time, but socialist Korea and socialist Cuba would forever be linked as strong pillars of the global class struggle against imperialism. These two countries served as beacons of revolutionary hope and principle during some of the grimmest counter-revolutionary events of the late 20th century and continue to inspire communists and anti-imperialists worldwide.

Long live socialist Korea and socialist Cuba!

Long live the Workers’ Party of Korea and the Communist Party of Cuba!

Peace treaty and reunification for Korea’s people now!

End the blockade of Cuba! #OffTheList

Death to U.S. imperialism!

[joanofarcisdead]

i think i deleted that post i wrote a billion years ago about non-asian* (but especially non-chinese/non-korean/non-filipinx) mcr bloggers going hard in the paint about centering themselves in the discussion of gerard's use of the rising sun flag visuals so im gonna repeat the gist of it: asians in the diaspora have already written about the rising sun flag and its uses on tumblr, and have written about this a lot actually (since the site's founding, even!!). so like. maybe lean on those voices

*im descended from people who engaged in guerrilla tactics as part of their anti-imperial struggle against the occupying japanese empire so don't play

[vacuouslyfalse]

Anyway I need the USAmerican tumblr communists to shape up. Read about the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War, the July 26 assault on the Moncada Barracks and the ensuing years of guerrilla warfare, and the long slog of the Chinese Communist alliance with and then civil war against the Nationalists, and seriously consider what it might take to win in a country like the 21st century United States of America, which absolutely dwarfs those examples in wealth and military might.

[beardedmrbean]

BANGKOK — An airlift carrying more than 1,000 Chinese nationals who had worked at online scam centers in eastern Myanmar began Thursday, after the rescued workers were taken across the border to Thailand and put on chartered flights to China.

Thailand, China and Myanmar have coordinated efforts over the past month to shut down the scam centers that bilked victims around the world out of billions of dollars through false romantic ploys, bogus investment pitches and illegal gambling schemes.

Hundreds of thousands of people from Southeast Asia and elsewhere are estimated to have worked at such centers in Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos, and many were recruited under false pretenses for other jobs and found themselves trapped in virtual slavery.

Thai officials said recently that as many as 10,000 people may be repatriated from Myanmar from the online scam centers.

So far, 16 flights, or about four a day, have been scheduled to repatriate the Chinese nationals, accompanied by police. Because of the large number of Chinese — the projected number so far is 1,041 — Thailand is allowing Beijing to handle most of their processing and investigations on their return to China.

Thai officials told reporters on Thursday the rescued workers were being taken in batches of 50 across a bridge from Myanmar's Myawaddy to Thailand's Mae Sot, where they were processed — including with biometric scans — and sent on by bus to Mae Sot's airport.

There they boarded China Southern Airlines planes, whose destination was shown by flight tracking websites as Jinghong in southwestern China's Yunnan province.

Thai authorities are overseeing the evacuation and processing of scam center workers from other nations. Last week, some 260 people from 20 nations, including many from Africa, crossed from Myanmar into Thai custody after they were reportedly rescued from scam centers.

The organized repatriation of freed scam workers from nations other than China will begin on Sunday, Thai PBS reported.

Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on a visit to Beijing earlier this month told Chinese leader Xi Jinping that Thailand would crack down on the scam networks. Just ahead of her visit, Thailand cut off electricity, internet and gas supplies to several areas in Myanmar hosting scam centers along the border, citing national security and the damage that Thailand has suffered from the operations.

Thailand wants to cooperate with China since reports about scam workers being trafficked through Thailand have circulated widely on Chinese social media. The Thai government and others fear it will discourage the lucrative market of inbound Chinese tourists.

The Border Guard Force in Myawaddy, a militia of the Karen ethnic minority that controls the area, has organized the repatriation of foreign workers from Myanmar. But critics have accused the group of involvement in the criminal activities by providing protection to the scam centers. It denies the accusations.

An earlier crackdown on scam centers in Myanmar happened in late 2023, after China expressed embarrassment and concern over illegal casinos and scam operations along its border in Myanmar's northern Shan state.

Ethnic guerrilla groups with close ties to Beijing shut down many operations, and an estimated 45,000 Chinese nationals suspected of involvement were repatriated.

[dkniade]

(It’s funnier when I initially had the first two ramble about Dragonspine and the third just goes “It’s my home” haha..)

(Eula leads the Guerrilla Company in the Chinese version.)

(The joke is that in Mandarin, 魈 and 小 are pronounced almost the same but their phonetic tones are different… The first hanzi uses the flat tone and the second hanzi uses the fall-rise tone.)

[docgold13]

Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles

Elseworlds Addendum - Cheshire

Jade Nguyen grew up in an undisclosed location in rural Viet Nam, the child of a French soldier and a Vietnamese villager.  As a child, Jade was abducted and forced into slavery. She eventually murdered her enslaver and traveled the countryside until she came across the Chinese freedom fighter Weng Chan. The soldier took in Jade and taught her all he knew about martial arts and guerrilla combat. 

Jade additionally acquired an advanced knowledge of poisons from the famed assassin known as the Spitting Cobra.  Naming herself ‘Cheshire’ she set out to become a renown mercenary and assassin.  To this end she battled The Teen Titans on several occasions.  Somewhere herein she had an affair with the Titan, Speedy (Roy Harper); an affair that produced a daughter (Lian).  Cheshire served among the Suicide Squad, the Injustice Society and Secret Six.  

The Young Justice animated series reimagined Jade’s backstory, presenting her as the older sister of Artemys Crock and daughter of the super villains, Sportsmater and Tigress.  This version also became a renown assassin and matched wits against the Young justice squad; and likewise had a child with Roy Harper.  Yet another iteration of the character featured in the animated movie, Batman: Soul of the Dragon as a young student of the martial arts master, O’Sensei. 

Actress Kelly Hu voiced Jade in Young Justice; whereas actress Jamie Chung voiced the character in Batman: Soul of the Dragon.  

Cheshire first appeared in the pages of The New Teen Titans Annual #2 (1983).  

[opencommunion]

"Seeing the victory of the Chinese and Vietnamese ... was an example for Palestinian organizations, which began to study the military theories applied in those parts of Asia in order to replicate them, creatively, in their own countries.

'The success of the guerrilla struggle strategy was very much inspired by China and Vietnam. Both Asian countries were a major global inspiration for the world’s revolutionaries, much more so than the Soviet Union. This was due to various factors, including the essence of Maoism,' adds Molinero.

'Both Mao, with his concept of People’s War, and the Vietnamese demonstrated that it was possible to defeat an infinitely superior enemy, such as imperialism, as long as you mobilize the people for the cause.'

... More than 80 years after the Chinese communists began building tunnels to resist the Japanese invasion of their country, this tactic of the people’s war, derived from a broader military theory, is still current and developing, as a result of new applications of this tactic in different concrete situations."

[makilight]

Emilia "Bell" Emilsdóttir

Name: Emilia Emilsdottir

Alias(es): Bell

Height: 5.8

Age: 23 (in 1981) 26 (in 1984)

Eye color: Blue with gray

Hair color: light blonde

Sexuality: bisexual

Native language(s): Russian/English

Other spoken language(s): Russian English Chinese

Nationality: Russian American

Date of birth: 1961, October 1

Birthplace: BC, Alaska

Current residence: BC, Alaska

PERSONALITY AND TRAITS:

Potentially dangerous if threatened.

She’s not really good with her mental health after all that’s happened to her and she can’t really control herself when having a mental breakdown for an episode,

She doesn’t care half as much as she should, anymore. Maybe she’s a fatalist, maybe the west will burn with or without their intervention. There’s a pounding in her head, a deafening rush of voices that she cannot begin to comprehend overwhelm her. It’ll all go away if she loses this little game she plays.

PROFESSION AND SKILLS:

Professional Background and main skill: Expert in: Military strategy, armory, infantry, logistics in weapons of war, guerrilla warfare, special operations, Clandestine operations, Sniper shooting and Parachute Rifle Corps.

Current Profession /Occupation: Special Forces High Command; Airmobile Group of Special Forces, (GAFE).

FUN FACTS;

She mostly likes to spend time surrounded by happy people (especially woods Aleks Mila and Mason), she likes drawing and dogs, and she was the first woman in all of Alaska to take the special forces course at the age of 15 thanks to the influence of her half-Russian family.

Tags:♡ @alypink @revnah1406 @efingart @imagoddamnonionmason @alexxmason @efingcod @justasmolbard

[mightyflamethrower]

A panel of experts testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday that Chinese companies mining for “green” energy minerals throughout Africa – particularly in resource-rich countries such as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), are creating a “catastrophic and unacceptable” situation for locals.

The experts urged American officials to act to contain the malignant Chinese influence destroying an entire generation of African children and the environment in which they live, stressing that the minerals in question – cobalt, lithium, tantalum, and copper, among others – are pivotal to any high-tech economy.

The hearing, hosted by the Subcommittee on Africa and chaired by Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ), occurred as the nation of Zambia struggles to address the virtual death of the Kafue River, drowned in toxic residue when a dam holding the residue, created through Chinese copper mining activities, collapsed. Among the specific environmental threats mentioned at the hearing were the threat to the endangered okapi and the destruction of entire communities, displaced by companies looking to mine the land and polluted to the point that no one can safely return.

In addition to environmental disasters, the growing presence of exploitative Chinese companies in the DRC, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and elsewhere has brought with it growing rates of child slavery as children as young as eight are forced into mines with no protective equipment, greatly endangering their lives. Furthermore, the mineral wealth and corruption is also fueling chaotic guerrilla warfare, particularly in the DRC, where rival militias regularly commit atrocities for control of the mines and violence has been exacerbated by Rwandan intervention. As of February, the death toll of the ongoing DRC conflict is estimated to be in the high thousands and the United Nations has documented a large number of instances of the use of rape as a weapon of war.

The issue of child slavery in the mines featured prominently during the hearing. Sasha Lezhnev, a senior policy adviser with the Sentry, stated that, in the DRC alone, “there are an estimated 25,000 to 35,000 child miners … working at mines that send cobalt and copper to Chinese crude refiners.”

“I have witnessed the horrors of child soldiers and child miners as young as eight years old at mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo,” Lezhnev shared, “as well as the warlords and corrupt companies and officials making money from this system of exploitation—all in the name of getting us cheaper smart phones, jewelry, and electric vehicles (EVs). This has got to stop.”

“We see cases of child and forced labor—averaging 40,000 children–digging cobalt for Chinese buyers without adequate protective equipment and payment,” Joseph Mulala Nguramo of the Atlantic Council Scowcroft and Freedom and Prosperity Center told the subcommittee. “Some of these children are under 10 years old—leaving them exposed to toxic substances—causing serious health and environmental problems, per Amnesty International investigations.” . Nguramo described the situation of those children, as well as the lives of locals in areas affected by Chinese mines generally, as “catastrophic and unacceptable.”

In the DRC, ongoing civil unrest and an unmitigated humanitarian crisis are largely due to China’s ruthless and irresponsible grip on the country’s natural resources,” Nguramo testified. “Controlling almost 90% of the Congo Mining Sector, China has failed to use its economic and financial power to defend and promote the Rule of Law, Freedom, and Quality Governance. But China has, instead, mastered strategies to take advantage of a country in chaos—often bribing government officials to acquire Mining concessions.”

The experts testified that China had spent over $10 billion buying up mines in Africa, benefitting the most so far in Zambia, the DRC, and Zimbabwe, though the Communist Party has significantly expanded its influence elsewhere in the continent, as well. The founder of the due diligence firm Accountable Africa, Thierry Dongala, noted that widespread corruption in local governments enables this colonialism and pointed to the example of Niger to show that African governments can rapidly expel offending Chinese companies if they choose to. Niger, currently under military coup regime that calls itself the “National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland,” reportedly expelled Chinese oil executives from the country in mid-March and shut down a Chinese-owned hotel for allegedly engaging in “discriminatory practices.”

“The recent case of Niger expelling Chinese management shows that when African countries get serious about their moral sovereignty in their extractive industries, Chinese actors are often the first to lose,” Dongala observed.

Dongala noted that local populations are well aware of the evil that illicit, slave-driven mining brings to their land, recalling that the pastor who married him to his wife conducted a “sudden sanctification prayer” to cleanse their wedding bands of evil energy, a product of their provenance, when he noticed they appeared to be made of real gold. He recommended close cooperation with locals in affected countries to track and shut down theft, slavery, and other abuses.

“We’ve been monitoring the school attendance levels, that data is very valuable because we know that if we start to see the school attendance levels drops, we have to find where these kids are going,” he said of his firm. “The local school principal , the local fishers union, the mothers of the children,” he suggested, could be critical allies.

Rep. Smith, chairing the hearing, noted that China’s dominance of the mining industry there, in addition to facilitating unspeakable human rights and environmental atrocities, put America at a disadvantage given the importance of the minerals in question in technology.

“The reliance on China for these critical minerals is a clear vulnerability,” he emphasized in his opening remarks. “The greatest beneficiaries of this system—China’s state-owned mining companies—remain silent, refusing to confront an undeniable reality: from dirt to battery, from cobalt to cars, the entire supply chain is built on violence, exploitation, and corruption,” he continued. “This must change—and the time for change is now.”

Rep. Smith recently reintroduced the COBALT Supply Chain Act, a bill that would, in its own words, “ensure that goods made using or containing cobalt refined in the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market under the presumption that the cobalt is extracted or processed with the use of child and forced labor in the Democratic Republic of Congo.” Rep. Smith first introduced a version of the bill in 2023.

Progressives don't care about REAL slaves living today. Just remember that EV you're driving was built at the expense of 10 little African kids whose future was stolen in order to make the battery.

[captain-price-unofficially]

Chinese Communist guerrillas besieging a Japanese blockhouse during the Hundred Regiments Offensive, North China, 1940