Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v2.c15.s2.t12.6

v2.c15.s2.t12.6

When the anti-Japanese resistance war broke out in 1937, and all the major universities of northern China shifted to Kunming, the capital of Yun-nan province with a new name of the National Southwest Associated University (Xi-nan lian-he daxue 西南联合大学), Wen Yiduo too had to migrate to Kunming along with many other colleagues of Qing Hua University. But, even though he was away from Beijing, the political and cultural centre of China, as a true patriotic national he still continued to keep himself in close touch with all the major political developments of the country. What he then most eagerly and sincerely wanted to see was the formation of a strong united front resistance army between the Nationalist and the Communist party to fight the Japanese aggressors. But, such close cooperation between the two parties could never be forged due to the divisive politics and corruption of the Nationalist Party. Wen Yidyo felt quite disenchanted over such partisan politics of the KMT and joined the “China Democratic League” (zhongguo minzhu tongmeng 中国民主同盟) in 1944 to voice his grievances. The “Democratic Weekly” (minzhu zhoukan 民主周刊) which he published as its Editor, focussed on burning issues of national interest and brought to the limelight the economic corruption and social maladies of the days to create public awareness and consciousness.