中东路事件新探

对于中东路事件起因与肇衅者问题,史书记载有着不同的说法。其实,中东路事件乃当时蒋介石政权为摆脱内外困境,唆使东北地方实力派张学良武力收回中东路权而导致的边境战火。由于中方对苏方可能的反应和实力严重估计不足,在苏方的军事打击下连连败北,外交上也陷入困境,最后被迫与苏签订城下之盟,造成了恶劣影响。

A New Look at the Zhongdonglu Incident

Historical records disagree over the cause of the Zhongdonglu Incident and the provocateurs. The fact was that the Incident was an armed border conflict caused by Zhang Xueliang' s attempt, at the instigation of Chiang Kai-shek, to recover by force the sovereign rights over Zhongdonglu to get out of Chinag's domestic and overseas predicaments. Unfortunately, in their poor judgment over the degree to which the Soviets would respond, and the strength of Soviet military power, China lost to the military strike of the Soviets, and found itself in a diplomatic dilemma. In the end, China had no choice but to sign an agreement with the Soviets on their terms, which in turn was to bring in negative influences in its aftermath.