Chapter 366 Boycott Japanese Products
Since the end of January 1909, under the organization and publicity of intelligence personnel from various places, Chinese people from all over the world have successively carried out a vigorous boycott of Japanese goods.
In China, the revival of China led by Qin Zhongyu, Xu Xilin and others has stabilized its rule in Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangsu and Fujian provinces.
Therefore, under the leadership of the newly established Nanjing Military Government, Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other southern provinces became vanguards in boycotting Japanese goods.
Newspapers in major cities in the four southern provinces publish every day the Japanese invasion of Northeast China and Taiwan. Moreover, major newspapers mercilessly expose the fact that Japan invaded the Chinese overseas country Lanfang Republic in the name of protecting overseas Chinese.
While criticizing the ugly behavior of the Japanese invaders, major newspapers from all over the four provinces enthusiastically called on merchants and people from all over the country to ban transactions with Japan and carry out a campaign to boycott Japanese goods in order to support the anti-Japanese struggle of the Lanfang Republic.
In addition, the Propaganda Department of the Nanjing Military Government also sent many propaganda personnel to various places to hold mass gatherings, speeches, posts and publish inflammatory articles, and strengthen ideological and political education for the people.
At the same time, Beijing, Tianjin and Shandong, controlled by Li Guangxin, Xu Fang and Yuan Shikai, and other northern regions, also carried out similar publicity operations.
In order to make the movement more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, propaganda personnel from the Party liberated the party and posted leaflets on the walls of the streets and alleys inside and outside the urban and rural areas in the domestic controlled areas.
Soon, this patriotic movement that boycotted Japanese goods received enthusiastic support and positive response from many people.
Merchants in these areas refused to buy and sell Japanese goods. After receiving the news, some patriotic merchants transported the Japanese goods stored in the store to the venue to burn them. However, all the shops set up by the Japanese were closed.
Immediately afterwards, under the operation of the Propaganda Department of the Liberation Party, dramas and songs with anti-Japanese patriotism as the theme appeared in major cities such as Nanjing, Beijing and Shanghai.
All major schools also explicitly stipulate that no Japanese goods are allowed to buy any stationery in the school. The students were constantly encouraged and took to the streets in groups, distributing leaflets, delivering speeches, and further agitation.
By mid-February, this organized and premeditated boycott of Japanese goods was launched rapidly across the country.
In this boycott of Japanese goods, the attitudes of the people of all walks of life are very different.
On the one hand, merchants and proprietors were afraid of the strength of the Japanese Empire, and on the other hand, they were unwilling to affect their business and suffer losses due to movement. Therefore, most of these people were conservative.
Most young students have few property and many of them have not started their own families, so their attitudes tend to be radical.
Young students are able to inspire patriotic enthusiasm and show positively in the movement. Their knowledge, social status and their own economic conditions make them more engaged in the movement than other social classes.
By participating in the movement, young students usually win more freedom of movement and social status.
Since most people in the education industry are patriots and have few career losses, they also have supporters.
Most of the farmers and workers outside the areas controlled by the Liberation Party were waiting and watching, and there was no warm expression during the movement.
However, in the area controlled by the Liberation Party, the peasant and working class was the main object of the unity and control of the Liberation Party and the earliest group of people educated by patriotism. Therefore, these people not only actively participated, but also donated money and materials to support the anti-Japanese struggle of the Lanfang Republic.
Since local officials under the control of the Liberation Party are all from the Liberation Party, these officials spared no effort to promote and support them.
Most of the local officials outside the area controlled by the Liberation Party were afraid that the people would take this opportunity to act rashly, causing trouble to endanger social order and affect diplomatic issues. Therefore, on the one hand, they nervously comfort the people, and on the other hand, they closely monitor the progress of the current situation so as to stop the development of the situation in a timely manner.
Of course, among all classes, the one who is most active and excited to boycott Japanese goods is the domestic manufacturers such as raw silk manufacturing, which are fiercely competitive with Japanese businesses.
Taking Jiangsu Province as an example, there are many textile factories run by Chinese people in Shanghai, Wuxi, Wujin, Nantong and Jiangyin, so the movement of merchants in these places boycott Japanese goods and advocates domestic goods is much more intense than that in Suzhou, Yangzhou and Zhenjiang.
Wuxi Factory Announcement also specially set up a boycott of Japanese goods to promote this matter, and the establishment of the "Domestic Goods and Savings and Gold Council" was also established. Nantong also has a organization of domestic goods maintenance associations. The establishment of domestic goods companies and shopping malls is more common.
There are countless examples of these merchants taking advantage of the great opportunity of boycotting the Japanese goods movement to expand production, open new factories and expand markets.
Of course, Chen Hao also knows the hateful faces of many domestic businessmen. If these people lose strong competitors, what kind of goods they produce will be? It is really unguaranteed.
Therefore, Chen Hao ordered that while resolutely resist Japanese goods, he should also set up a special agency to strengthen the investigation and punishment of the quality of goods in the domestic controlled areas.
In addition, the leaders of the Party’s economic management must seize this opportunity and vigorously build and develop their own factories. They must also strengthen the import of goods from Britain, the United States and other countries, especially the import of American goods.
At the same time, the movement to boycott Japanese goods in the Americas, Indonesia and Singapore is also in full swing.
The intelligence personnel of the Liberation Party had long occupied public opinion positions in various countries and used major newspapers to publicize the cruelty and ruthlessness of the Japanese army and committed many evil deeds.
Therefore, the Japanese, who had long been famous, were despised by people from all over the world, which made many foreign people naturally stay away from Japanese goods.
In Indonesia, the United States, Mexico, and other places where the Liberation Party activities are most active, various forces cultivated by the Liberation Party not only burned Japanese goods unscrupulously, but also ruthlessly plundered and attacked the Japanese.
In short, the boycott of Japanese goods movement this time was due to its strong core leadership and its organization and publicity. Therefore, it was carried out vigorously and gradually formed a Chinese anti-Japanese movement around the world.
The boycott of Japanese goods has severely hit Japan's economy, causing heavy losses to Japanese merchants, which mainly focus on exports, and also gave domestic goods manufacturers, which are more competitive with Japanese merchants, the opportunity to grow and grow.
Of course, the most important thing is that this boycott of Japanese goods movement is essentially a patriotic movement carried out by the Liberation Party. It has greatly awakened the people's patriotism and responsibility, stimulated the vitality of the entire Chinese society, and enhanced the Chinese people's national self-esteem and cohesion.
From then on, under the strong leadership of Chen Hao and the Liberation Party, most Chinese people around the world began to unite closely and strive for the rise of the Chinese nation...
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