Chinese soldiers of the Communist Eighth Route Army, a unit which comprised of formerly Nationalist aligned soldiers who changed sides during the Second World War, and fought for the Communists both against Japan and later Chiang Kai-Shek's forces.

Soldiers of the Eighth Route Army

American journalists in January 28 Incident, which known as the First Shanghai incident in 1932.

American journalists in January 28 Incident

Soldiers of the Chinese communist Eighth Route Army on the drill field at Yanan, capital of a huge area in North China which is governed by the Chinese Communist Party, seen on March 26, 1946. These soldiers are members of the "Night Tiger" battalion. The Chinese Communist Party (CPC) had waged war against the ruling Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) since 1927, vying for control of China. Japanese invasions during World War II forced the two sides to put most of their struggles aside to fight a common foreign foe -- though they did still fight each other from time to time. After World War II ended, and the Soviet Union pulled out of Manchuria, full scale civil war erupted in China in June of 1946. The KMT eventually was defeated, with millions retreating to Taiwan, as CPC leader Mao Zedong established the People's Republic of China in 1949. 