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The article reassesses China's military advance towards Tibet in 1942-1943. It cites the reasons why Chiang Kai-shek maneuvered towards a possible war with Tibet. It claims that Chiang Kai-shek's manipulation of the Sino-Tibetan border crisis showed how he and his military advisors perceived China's territoriality and border defense in the south-west region of the country. It concludes that this episode in China's history led to the problematic Tibetan issue that still haunts the international community.

Examines the rural co-operativization drive of the Yan'an Way from 1943 to 1944. Sociopolitical contexts in which the Yan'an Way was launched by Mao Zhedong; Building of co-operative movements after the May Fourth Movement; Communist Party's command of local resources; Principles of agricultural collectivism that were implemented in various regions of the Yan'an way.

Discusses the role of the Chinese Communist Party in the anti-Japanese war of the 1930s and 1940s. Nationalist appeal of the Communist Party; Emergence of the JinJiYuLu region as a crucial part of the history of the Communist Party; Socio-economic reforms being pushed by the Communist Party as the solution against the might of the Japanese.