1.The demonstration to “advocate peace, oppose civil war, strive for democracy, and resist dictatorship”
On January 30, 1946, National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU) and other universities organized a large-scale anti-civil war demonstration in support of the “December 1st Movement” by students in Kunming and to celebrate the successful convening of the National Political Consultative Conference. Over 2,000 students from across the city took to the streets in Guangzhou, chanting slogans such as “advocate peace, oppose civil war, strive for democracy, and resist dictatorship” and “The Political Consultative Conference must succeed”.
Photo: Telegram from Zhang Fakui to Chiang Kai-shek, reporting the demonstration by NSYSU students and others in response to the movements in Chongqing and Yunnan. (Collection of the “Academia Historica” in Taipei)
2.Reception of Dispersed Books
On January 15, 1946, President Wang Xinggong replied to the delegates to Japan regarding the seized books of NSYSU and expressed the urgency of getting the books returned. With the efforts of many parties, in August 1947, the books belonging to NSYSU that had been seized and held in Japan were finally transported back to the University. In addition, NSYSU also gradually received books from various locations such as the then National Guangdong University, the Wing Yun Warehouse in the Western district, Hong Kong, and the Sanya Port Warehouse in Hainan, reclaiming some of the library resources lost during the war.
Photo: Letter from the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education regarding the receipt of books in Japan, including those of NSYSU (source from Sun Yat-sen University Archives)
3.NSYSU took over the Southern Resource Research Institute of Taipei Imperial University and the Hainan Industrial Experimentation Field
On July 11, 1946, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry instructed NSYSU to take over enemy property in Yulin, Qiongzhou (now the northeastern Hainan), namely the Southern Resource Research Institute of Taipei Imperial University and the Hainan Industrial Experimentation Field.
Photo: Official letter regarding the transfer of the Southern Resource Research Institute of Taipei Imperial University and the Hainan Industrial Experimentation Field for use by the University. (source from Archives, Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica, Taipei)
