Chapter 2 A “Period of Bloody Struggle” The Rise of the Philippine KMT, 1945–1948

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Note on Translation and Romanization xvii
6. Map 1. Southern Fujian and Taiwan xviii
7. Map 2. The Philippines xix
8. Map 3. Manila xx
9. Introduction. The Philippine Chinese as Cold Warriors 1
10. Chapter 1 The KMT, Chinese Society, and Chinese Communism in the Philippines before 1942 19
11. Chapter 2 A “Period of Bloody Struggle” The Rise of the Philippine KMT, 1945–1948 44
12. Chapter 3 Practicing Anticommunism: Chinese Self-Fashioning in the Cold War Philippines 75
13. Chapter 4 Anticommunism in Question “Communists” and ROC-Philippine Relations in the 1950s 100
14. Chapter 5 Networking Ideology: Chinese Society and Transnational Anticommunism, 1954–1960 122
15. Chapter 6 Experiencing the Nation: Philippine-Chinese Visits to “Free China” 152
16. Chapter 7 Dissent and Its Discontents: The Chinese Commercial News Affair 181
17. Conclusion: Rethinking “China,” the Overseas Chinese, and the Cold War 214
18. Notes 225
19. Glossary of Selected Chinese Names 259
20. Bibliography 263
21. Index 279