Radio Anti-Japanese Broadcasting and Propaganda Warfare of the National Government During the Sino-Japanese War

From the beginning of the National Government, radio broadcasting grew in earnest and began to be mobilized for propaganda warfare. During the Sino-Japanese War, the National government used radio to wage a fierce propaganda war against Japan. In response to these Japanese radio propaganda broadcasts, the National government put “anti-Japanese” in the forefront and broadcast anti-Japanese propaganda broadcasts that strongly criticized the propaganda of the pro-Japanese stations in the occupied territories. This thesis examines the timing, organization, and types of Chinese domestic radio anti-Japanese propaganda broadcasts during the Sino-Japanese War, as well as the propaganda campaign against the pro-Japanese government. In Chapter II, the anti-Japanese propaganda broadcasts during the Sino-Japanese War were divided into three periods and their characteristics were extracted. Chapter III examined the composition and propaganda contents of the anti-Japanese propaganda broadcast programs. Chapter IV examined the propaganda aspects of the pro-Japanese government’s propaganda broadcasts and the anti-Japanese broadcasts promoted by the National government.