The Yellow River Piano Concerto was adapted from the famous Yellow River Cantata, a grand choral work composed by Xian Xinghai in 1939, during the Japanese invasion of China. It is a very famous and important work in China and exhibits strong nationalistic characteristics. The Cantata inspired the entire Chinese nation during their defense against the largest and most brutal genocide in human history. It has since become a symbol of heroism and solidarity of all Chinese people around the world. The Yellow River Piano Concerto was composed by a group of Chinese composer-pianists in 1969 led by Yin Chengzong. All the biographies of the composers of both the Cantata and the Piano Concerto are supplied in this dissertation. The Piano Concerto consists of four movements: The Song of The Yellow River Boatmen, Ode to the Yellow River, The Wrath of the Yellow River and Defend the Yellow River. Each movement has been analyzed in terms of structure. Music examples are provided to assist in the understanding of the work. / Dissertation (MMus (Performing Art))--University of Pretoria, 2008. / Music / unrestricted

More than sixty years have passed since China's Resistance War against Japan in 1937-1945 ended. Chinese people made a significant contribution to winning the victory over Japan. Chinese newspapers and magazines, especially editorials at that time, played a key role in the propaganda of the War of Resistance, boosting national morale, and exposing war crimes of Japanese aggressors. Chinese newspapers and magazines included many important incidents and issues regarding the War of Resistance. This thesis selects editorials of three representative topics: the future of the War of Resistance, the defensive combat of the Chinese nationalist army in the front lines, and the war crimes of Japanese invaders to offer a clear, concise narrative whose central themes are better reflecting and commemorating that unforgettable time from the cultural dimension.

「中央訓練團」成立於民國二十八年，直到民國三十六年抗戰勝利後才宣告結束，其除了在重慶浮圖關設置總團部外，新疆、蘭州、武漢等地亦設有分團。而在中央訓練團成立的整整快十年期間，共開辦了三十幾個訓練班及軍官總隊，這其中除了較為人熟知的「台灣行政人員訓練班」，尚有縣政幹部、新聞幹部、音樂幹部、留日學生、人事、衛生、檔案、交通、譯電及史政人員訓練班，此外還有替「三民主義青年團」代訓的「青年幹部訓練班」，社會部主辦的「社會人員訓練班」等等。不過，中央訓練團所創立的訓練班中，最重要的莫過於舉辦過三十一期的「黨政工作人員訓練班」及非常受到外界矚目，被視為仕途終南捷徑、取得“天子門生”資格的「高級黨政人員訓練班」。據統計，整個抗戰時期受過中央訓練團重慶總團部及各地分團訓練的幹部員額，就高達十萬多人。但非常令人感到詫異的是，受訓人數如此地多、又號稱戰時國民黨專門培養其“骨幹核心份子”“中堅幹部”的中央訓練團，至今居然沒有一篇論文及專著作過相關的研究。事實上，不僅「中央訓練團」這類國民黨用來訓練幹部的機構長期為人所忽視，甚至連國民黨─標榜“以黨領政”、“訓政”中國長達二十年之政黨─的「幹部政策」包括幹部來源、培養途徑、銓選考核方式等等主題，都很少有學者作過深入探討。這對整個抗戰史或國民黨黨史的研究，無疑是個重大缺憾。因此，透過「中央訓練團」來探討戰時國民黨如何在「救亡圖存」的危局中訓練幹部，並藉由比較、評估其成效來一窺國民黨的幹部政策，正是撰寫本論文的主要動機及目的所在。