From Beijing To Beiping: States Southward Migration Of Public Opinion, And The North

A capital is symbol of a nation, and it always has some relations with the central government, in addition, we sometimes call the location of capital instead of the central government. During the period of Republic of China, as the war went on, the capitals moved constantly. Many well-known events during that time can be associated with the relocation of the capital. So, in some aspect, the history of the Republic can be called history of capital relocation.The said article discussed the relocation of Capital and public opinion after the Northern government being defeated by the National Government. In the research, the author process the attitude of all social classes from the aspects of political, social and regional, comes to the following view points:Firstly, different attitudes and their respective purposes in the KMT. Nanking government moved the capital to the south, not only because of its influence in the area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang but also practicing the theory of the premier, which is admitted and agreed by all the Party members in KMT. Chiang Kai-shek's government is considered to be legal and lenitive. The Northern Strength, headed by Yan Xishan and Feng Yuxiang raised the problem of the Capital location for considering their own interests, but it caused the resonance for some unbeneficial parties and this also took the conditions of China at that period for consideration.Secondly, northern public opinion and the Capital relocation to the south.All northern Parties represented by "Da Gong Bao" has no benefits with the relocation of the Captical whose attitude is relatively mild. The Social parties that have benefits with the relocation of the Capital whose attitude is always changeable-Implicit at the very beginning, initially agreed to the National Assembly referendum because they think Beijing is always the Capital; Public objection period when the national government explicitly moved the capital of Nanjing. They always think from their own parts as unemployment, hard life etc. Accepting after it came to a truth, and they would think their future development manners. During narration of this part, the author also mention other attitudes from the Publics for the armed forces and national revolutionary army. Beijing people opposed relocation the capital, not cherish the feelings to the Manchurian warlord, but cherish the feeling beijing's occupation by the National Revolutionary Army what they opposed is only the relocation of the Capitial to the South..Last, the relations between political operation and Public opinion. They sometimes can be interacted while contrary in other time. For the interactive perspective, pressured by the public opinion, Nanking Government carried out compromise, agreeing to move the Capital Hebei Province from Tianjin to Beijing after relocating the capital to Nanjing. This did show the ignorable function of the public opinion for political processing. But we have to admit, the capital is still relocation to Nanjing even there occurring opposing attitude from the society.Last, the author recalled the current comment for Capital relocation through the impact of Capital relocation on the pulbic.