1920년대 말 1930년대 초 상하이 일본인 거류민사회의 중국 인식과 정치 행동

In the late 1920s, living through the turbulent collision of Japanese imperialist expansion and Chinese nation-state construction, Japanese nationals in Shanghai maintained a chauvinistic attitude. This paper focuses on the Chinese perceptions and the related political actions of the short-term Settlers, or Kaisya ha, as they laid the foundation for collective perceptions of the community. To be specific, Kaisyaha asserted the theory of China as an “uncivilized nation” during the 1930 negotiations for the abolition of extraterritorial jurisdiction. Immediately after the Wanbaoshan incident, they advocated for a unified settlement of problems in Manchuria and Yangtze River area. When the Manchurian Incident broken out, they led a political movement to oust the National government of Jiang Jieshi, urging the Japanese government to invoke the right of self-defense. It is important to emphasize that their Chinese-related discourses had a strong political orientation, seeking to intervene in Japanese imperial policy toward China. At first glance, they appeared to criticize Shidehara diplomacy and move closer to Tanaka diplomacy, but they envisioned a plan based on their own local experiences and interests in Shanghai. On one hand, they criticized the existing Manchurian-centered state policy and sought a unified solution to the Yangtze and Manchurian issues. On the other hand, they embraced Shidehara’s economic-centered diplomacy and demanded that the status of the Yangtze River area be elevated in national policy.