Following the Chinese victory of the Sino-Japanese War, the National Government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), on the issues of takeover and demobilization, had been at loggerheads with each other. However, under the influence of the international Superpowers and the pressure and expectation from the domestic for peace and national development, a Peace Negotiation between the National Government and CCP was finally held in Chongqing.
Despite the fact that an agreement was signed during the Chongqing Negotiation, the overall situation in China then was wavering in great uncertainties. The global strategic maneuvering between the U.S. and the Soviet Union and the fierce competition between the National Government and the CCP all added to the uncertainties.
The period between the closing date of the Chongqing Negotiation and the opening of Political Consultation Conference, widely regarded as a turning point for China to establish its democracy system, inevitably became a period of international and domestic focus. The spotlight had been directed in the Patrick Jay Hurley-led political mediation of Chongqing Negotiation, the George Catlett Marshall-led maneuvering and settlement of the ”First Truce Negotiation,” and even in the Political Consultation Conference, attended by all the political parties then in China, aiming for national development. Even though all the efforts ever made by the National Government and the CCP ended in vain, the experiences handed down from the pugnacious clashes between them still worth our exploration.
This paper will center upon the ”Diary of Dr. Wang Shih-chieh,” reviewing the negotiation strategies ever adopted by both the National Government and the CCP during the period between the Chongqing Negotiation and the Political Consultation Conference. This paper will end with an analysis and summary of the negotiation strategies adopted by the CCP, hoping to bring out the characteristics of Chinese Communists' style of negotiation.