The Wang Puppet Government's Response To The Shortage Of Food In Shanghai(1942-1945)

As the most basic material for protecting people's lives,grain is an important blood for the normal operation of a city.Shanghai is a foreign-oriented city for food supplyThe Japanese invasion war in China and the Pacific War blocked the sources of rice at home and abroad.Shanghai,as a foreign food-dependent city,and Japan's invasion of China and the Pacific War,respectively,blocked their domestic and international sources of rice.Therefore,the supply of food in Shanghai was difficult to guarantee from 1942 to 1945,and the people's food consumption demand was difficult to meet.Wang's Government,as the nominal ruler of Shanghai during this period,Wang's wants to solve the problem of the shortage of food,but suffers from difficulty in controlling grain production and food circulation.It only has to change the way of ration to try to improve the food supplyment for the people,so to sell rice at low prices and ration food.The previous measures of wang's was sale rice at low prices,which could be divided into two stages,the early period's measures were leaded by Shanghai Grain Management Committee and the later period measures were leaded by Shanghai Grain Administration.And the implementation timeof this measure is short,the amount of rice is small,and the adjustment effect is not good.The later measures were divided into the initial implementation phase,the comprehensive implementation phase,and the gradual phase-out phase.Although The rationg food is regularity and long-term,the number of rations is small,the quality of food is poor,and it is perished finally.All in all,the Wang's Government's response to the food supply in Shanghai basically ended in failure.The stage of the puppet government's response to the people's food is closely related to Wang's self-judgment based on the specific situation.The beginning of the implementation of the measures was due to the fact that the Wang's Government was confident in its diplomatic recognition of the fascist countries of Japan,Germany and other countries.Therefore,Wang's government began to take active action.The beginning of rationing food was due to Japan's partial decentralization of the Wang's government during the Pacific War,in order to persuade Wang's participation in warfare and supply of military supplies,including Including thereturn of grain control rights and commitment to return the concession.Therefore,Wang's government became more confident and actively cooperates with various activities of the Japanese side.The incidental conditions for the full supply of Japanese military food as the return of grain control rights are the tasks that Wang Puppet Government must accomplish.Under the circumstances of food shortage during the war,Wang Pseudo has given priority to the protection of Japanese military demand,so he chose to compress the food for Citizens.The gradual renunciation of those measures was due to the loss of Wang 's confidence in Japan,that's caused of Japan regained the right to control the grain,and didn'tt believe that the power and influence of the puppet government would behaved.Except that,The growing public sentiment in the cities,the public's complaints about the Wang pseudo government,and the serious shortage of food controled by Wang's,so Wang's government began to act passively,persuading Japan to abandon its food control system and gradually ending grain allocation in Shanghai.