Study On British People In Wuhan In Wuhan Fall Period

Wuhan is the city which opened much earlier in modern China history. Foreigner's invasion made Wuhan concession mills and business prosperity. In December 1938 the fall of Wuhan broke this situation, making Wuhan into a special period.At present domestic academic research for the Wuhan Japanese-occupied period is less.Japanese-occupied period is an important part in the modern history of Wuhan. This article mainly concerns the situation of British people who lived in Wuhan in the Japanese-occupied period and discusses the change in politics, economy, education, etc. This article also elaborates the dilemma of British people who lived in Wuhan during the occupation and the countermeasures in trouble and ultimate ending.The first section summarizes the evolution of British people's political rights and the situation of the business. In politics, mainly discusses that British began to establish concession in 1861, and the British got all kinds of political rights. In 1927 the British settlement was retrieved.This part also discusses the change of British people's political rights before Wuhan fall. In economic terms, mainly discusses the evolution of the business situations from Hankou open to Wuhan fall. Then the article mainly introduces the situation of British people who lived in Wuhan from 1938 to 1940. Although no threaten to security, British people suffered a series of change in political, economic and other aspects. And then this paper discusses the difficulties which British people faced during the year of 1941. At this time Japanese have stabilized in Wuhan and began to intensify the Wuhan into its wartime rail. During this period British's rights continued to be deprived and also faced a labor dispute and other social pressure. Soon afterwards this paper discusses the ending of the British people after the outbreak of the Pacific war. At this time British people not only faced the puppet of vocal anti-British propaganda, and finally the British assets were receiving. Finally, this paper briefly make a summary in the changing fortunes of track about the British people in Wuhan.