Double Tenth Agreement

Double Tenth Agreement
A copy of the original agreement published in the Jiefang Ribao
Traditional Chinese	雙十協定
Simplified Chinese	双十协定
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Shuāngshí Xiédìng - Wade–Giles Shuang1 -shih2 Hsieh2 -ting4
Summary of Conversations Between the Representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China
Traditional Chinese	政府與中共代表會談紀要
Simplified Chinese	政府与中共代表会谈纪要
Transcriptions Mandarin - Hanyu Pinyin Zhèngfŭ yŭ Zhōnggòng Dàibiăo Huìtán Jìyào

The Double Tenth Agreement, formally known as the Summary of Conversations Between the Representatives of the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, was an agreement between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party of China, concluded on 10 October 1945 (the Double Ten Day of the Republic of China) after 43 days of negotiations.^[1][2] Mao Zedong and United States Ambassador to China Patrick J. Hurley flew together to Chongqing on 27 August 1945 to begin the negotiations. The outcome was that the CPC acknowledged the KMT as the legal government, while the KMT in return recognised the CPC as a legitimate opposition party. The Battle of Shangdang, which began on 10 September, came to an end on 12 October as a result of the announcement of the agreement.^[3]

References

1. ^ Liu, Shaoqi (1991). Selected Works of Liu Shaoqi, Vol. I. Foreign Languages Press. pp. 456. ISBN 0835111806. 
2. ^ "中国共产党大事记 1945年 (Record of major events of the Communist Party of China)" (in Chinese). The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. 2007-08-30. http://www.gov.cn/test/2007-08/30/content_731603.htm. Retrieved 2008-01-09. 
3. ^ Yang, Benjamin (1997). Deng: A Political Biography. M. E. Sharpe. pp. 98–99. ISBN 1563247216.