CHINESE STUDENT MOVEMENT IN KWANGTUNG AFTER LIBERATION

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• Publication Date: April 2, 1952
• Content Type: REPORT

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PUBLISHED 1 Oct 1950
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THIS IS UNEVALU; TED INFORMATION
CRIME STUDENT M)VED IN IGIAN(71UNG AFTER
LIBERATION
This report describes the activities of the New Democracy
Youth Corps since the liberation of Canton or. 14 October 1949.
It names fou.? lessons learned from the student movement in the
past 31 years.
The reactionary rule vanished when Canton was liberated on 14 Octo-
ber 1949. Under the leadership of the Communist Party and the Central Peo-
ple's Government, the student movement became open and active, aiding in the
liberation of all of China and the establishment of a new people's democra-
tic order.
After the liberation, youth from all social circles made themselves
available to the government and became its indispensable aid and the pio-
neer corps in various phases of government work and the political movement.
Under the unified command of the Canton Student League, the 34,000 students
of the city helped the government overthrow the old regime and enforce the
government's financial and security regulations. About 20,000 students took
Part in the propaganda drive for 3 consecutive days; 27,000 students joined
the parade in celebration of the liberation of canton; 1,000 students joined
the grain-collection teams organized by the government and then became cad-
res. In addition, more than 2,000 students entered various revolutionary
cadre schools.
All these students played important roles in entertaining the troops,
in political propaganda drives, in recreational activities, in government
bond drives, in study movements during the winter school recess, and in the
parade celebrating the liberation of Hainan Island. Through participation
in all these movements, members of the youth corps received fundamental
ideological training, thus creating a new philosophy of life. They also
formed a new conception of the meaning of labor. As a result, 15,000 stu-
dents took part in the construction of a playground in Kuan-yin-shat.
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organized, The corps ll
exercised great influence iro various Youth
movements, was
as the study movement, the Peace Appeal movement, and the Resist America, Aid
Korea Movement. The youth corps has extended its organizations not only to
schools, but also to factories and rural areas. The youth corps has becown-r- I corrppsein fa toriesware leading the workers endeavor tom save taaterial,yre-h
duce costs, and improve techniques. Members in schools are studying dili-
gently while those in government organizations help complete the government's
objectives. Members in rural areas assume a leading role in the liquidation
of landlords and subversive elements, the rent and interest rate reduction
movement, the summer grain collection and other preparatory work for land
reform.
In short, members of the New Democracy Youth Corps are valuable helping
hands in all lines of work and a reserve army of the party. The youth move-
ment in Canton achieved unprecedented progress in having t*, youth corps as
the moving force which constantly teaches the new generation Marxism-Leninism.
We should continue the reconstruction work in our free and prosperous land
and struggle for a promising future.
The student movement of Kwangtung, in the past 31 years, has taught us
the following lessons:
1. The splendid achievement in Kwangtung's student movement came not as
an accident but as a result of a long and resolute struggle with the reaction-
ary regime under a general revolutionary strategy.
2. The student movement must be conducted in close coordination with
workers' and peasants' movements. The student movement can enlarge its sphere
of influence only by obtain-ng support from the broad mass of workers and
peasants. Nothing will be accomplished if it deviates from the workers' and
peasants' movements.
3. The progress in KVangtung's student movement has been due to the fact
that the principal form of revolutionary struggle (armed revolt) was employed.
Armed revolt, as a major tactic of struggle, was first organized in the city,
then carried into the rural areas where bases were built to encircle the enemy
in the city. In this manner, armed revolt was able to smash the enemy's at-
tacks and finally to overthrow his rule. Since the liberation, the youth have
been directed to increase production. Consequently, the youth movement em-
phasizes education of the workers and boosting the workers' enthusiasm to raise
the living standard of the people and to eliminate the backwardness resulting
from the semifeudalistic and semicolonial regime which has existed for thous-
ands of years.
4. Due to the Communist Party's care and leadership, the student move-
mLnt in Kwangtuag and Canton is so successful. It is expected that the youth
movement will continue to be helpful in rebuilding China under the leadership
of Mao Tee-tung and the Communist Party.
Since Canton has been liberated, the youth there should gain more objec-
tive knowledge from the Soviet Union and other new People's Democracies of ad-
vanced experience in reconstruction work and scientific technique. Since we
have won the victory over semifeudalism and semicolonialism, we should show
more concern for our young friends who are struggling in semicolonial or ca-
pitalist regimes, and give them our support. With a zealous feeling of friend-
ship for the democratic youth of the world, under the flag of the World Fe-
deration of Democratic youth, the youth of Canton will carry on the struggle
for world peace for the people's democracies and independence.
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