Literators of the Feng Xia

Literators of the Feng Xia

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In December 1945, that is, soon after the end of the Pacific War, pro-Chinese Communist Party weekly journal, Feng opi the color that keeps on giving Xia, was published mainly by Chinese literators (writers) who had come to Malaya prior to, or immediately after the War.In the following year, they published Nan Chiau Jit Pao as virtually an organ paper of the Malayan branch of the China Democratic League which was a pro-CCP party formed in China.Malayan-born leftist Chinese also contributed articles to Feng Xia.While the great majority of articles advocated to support the liberation movement in China, they appealed to fight for the liberation of Malaya as well.This article examines who were inclined to China and who were to Malaya.

Why could these two sections co-exist in a journal? Did they support each other to the end? How were their ultimate warrior hat activities forced to come to an end through deportation by the colonial authorities? Their later careers in China will be examined as well.