Engendered Perceptions

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Amanda Zhang
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Abstract This article considers how Chinese Communist Party ( CCP ) officials understood, perceived, and experienced enemy female tewu (special agent) activities and “honey traps” during the early People’s Republic of China. Drawing upon internally circulated party reports and newsletters, speeches of officials, newspapers, films, literature, and dramas, it finds that officials saw enemy female tewu as real threats that had tangible impact on both civilians and men affiliated with the party through honey traps and gendered manipulations. It further argues that narratives of female tewu in official instructions, newspaper reports, and popular cultural works played a larger role in the CCP ’s broader efforts to combat and resist enemy espionage than previously understood. This article contextualises existing arguments about CCP counterespionage propaganda. It counterbalances perspectives that suggest the utilisation of these narratives was largely based on irrational wartime sentiments, with the primary aim of increasing the party’s societal control.
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摘要本文探讨了建国初期中共官员如何理解、感知和体验敌方女特务活动和“美人计”。根据党内传阅的报告和通讯、官员的讲话、报纸、电影、文学和戏剧,研究发现,官员们将敌对的女特务视为真正的威胁,通过美人计和性别操纵对平民和附属于党的男子都有切实的影响。文章进一步认为,官方指示、报纸报道和大众文化作品中对女特武人的叙述,在中共打击和抵制敌人间谍活动的更广泛努力中,发挥了比以前所理解的更大的作用。本文将现有的关于中共反间谍宣传的争论置于语境中。它抵消了一些观点,这些观点认为,这些叙事的利用主要是基于非理性的战时情绪,其主要目的是增强共产党的社会控制。
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Journal of Chinese Military History
Journal of Chinese Military History Arts and Humanities-History
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Chinese Military History (JCMH) is a peer-reviewed semi-annual that publishes research articles and book reviews. It aims to fill the need for a journal devoted specifically to China''s martial past and takes the broadest possible view of military history, embracing both the study of battles and campaigns and the broader, social-history oriented approaches that have become known as "the new military history." It aims to publish a balanced mix of articles representing a variety of approaches to both modern and pre-modern Chinese military history. The journal also welcomes comparative and theoretical work as well as studies of the military interactions between China and other states and peoples, including East Asian neighbors such as Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.
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