抗战时期中国的“四强”地位再解读——从比较视野所作的分析

Re-interpreting China's Status as "One of the Four Strong Countries" in the WWⅡ:An analysis in comparative horizon

抗战时期中国的"四强"地位一直以来都受到学界关注,但也存在一定争议。争议的原因源于当时一种矛盾的史实:一方面,中国在战时参与了世界反法西斯阵营的一些重要会议,体现出了战时"四强"的身份;而另一方面,中国在"四强"中的地位又是尴尬的,受到苏联或英国排挤,甚至两国领导人曾不予承认中国的四强地位。解读这一看似矛盾的历史现象,可以考虑从比较的视野中进行观察。从纵向上看,此时的中国已经跻身战时"四强"群体中;从横向上看,此时的中国是除美英苏三大国之外当然的战时"第四大国"。因而,战时中国的"四强"地位是实至名归的。

China's Status as One of"the Four Strong Countries"in the Second World War,though highly noted by the academic community,is under disputes due to the following contradictory historical facts:on the one hand,China participated certain important meetings of the world anti-fascist front,which suggested membership of the"Strong four"in the war;on the other hand,China was squeezed by the USSR and the U.K.,and even denied by them to be"one of the Strong Four".The seemingly contradictory historical phenomena can be interpreted in a comparative horizon.Compared with what it seemed earlier,China had moved forward into the"Strong Four";compared with countries at that time,it had been certainly the"fourth strongest country",following the U.S,the U.S.S.R and the U.K.Hence,China's status as one of the"Strong Four"in WWII is substantial and solid.