ABSTRACT
The Fifteen-Year War was remembered well in mainland China between 1945 and 1982. Prior to 1982, confined by the international and domestic context, central and local official authorities, unofficial agents and first-tier agents interacted to shape remembrance of the war. This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book suggests occasionally, the wartime episodes, the recounting of which was not socially encouraged at the time, were passed down to the next generation through these first-tier agents, such as the experience of fleeing in a cowardly way, the rumours about women who were raped by the Japanese soldiers and bore their children, as well as affection for some Japanese soldiers who treated Chinese children well. Nevertheless, Chinese people accepted the memories articulated by the official, non-official and first-tier agents differently.
