Source Asia Times 10/11/21 China’s winter warriors rout US Marines, UK’s MI6 Beijing’s macho nationalism bears fruit as epic Korean War movie sets course to be top global film of 2021 By ANDREW SALMON Chinese President Xi Jinping, besieged by crises from China Evergrande to power outages, may take some comfort in recent news A human wave of enthusiastic citizens is storming his nation’s cinemas. The historical blockbuster Chinese are watching in record numbers is state-funded Korean War epic Battle at Lake Changjin. Its popularity suggests that Beijing’s drive to inculcate patriotism and machismo is bearing fruit. Making the story even sweeter for Beijing mandarins, it is based on the true story of a torrid Chinese victory over America’s premier troops. The December 1950 struggle around the high-altitude Lake Changjin – known in the West as Chosin Reservoir – was fought in one of the harshest battlescapes imaginable. Amid rugged mountain terrain, in sub-zero temperatures, an under-equipped Chinese Army Group forced a division of top-tier US Marines to retreat from North Korea. And it is not just the US Marine Corps that has fallen to the film’s sword. It has also taken out Britain’s secret intelligence service, MI6. Box office receipts for Battle at Lake Changjin outdid those for the massively anticipated but long-delayed new 007 film, No Time to Die. In a sign of the surging size and importance of the Chinese cinemascape, the film is overrunning every film Hollywood can throw in its path. Trade publication Hollywood Reporter writes that it looks set to become the world’s top grossing film of 2021. “Battle at Lake Changjin, whose box office is expected to be the largest in Chinese film history, has pushed the patriotic sentiment of people across the country to a peak amid the tense China-US competition,” state-run media Global Times wrote approvingly, noting that the film has so far smashed 14 domestic box office records. Grim epic, mighty blockbuster The Battle of Changjin/Chosin has long been considered an epic – for Americans, perhaps the epic – of the Korean War. In December 1950, the crack 1st US Marine Division massed in the rugged, snowbound highlands of northeastern Korea. Having reversed the tide of Kim Il Sung’s June invasion of South Korea with a surprise amphibious landing at Inchon in September, the Marines expected their final push to the Chinese border to end the Korean War. Mao Zedong aimed to foil that expectation. Having taken the decision to preserve North Korea as a state and force the Americans back from his borders, he deployed General Song Shilun’s 9th Army Group – eight divisions – to counter America’s elite. In a masterly feat of camouflaged maneuver, the Chinese soldiers secretly infiltrated the rugged terrain. As the mercury plummeted and Siberian winds whipped across the snowed-in ridgelines, the Chinese sprung a massive ambush. Marine positions came under sudden, terrifying attack. A US Army regiment was decimated. A combined force of US and Royal Marines fought through a gauntlet of fire up an approach named “Hellfire Valley.” But though surrounded by eight Chinese divisions, the Marines rallied. The Chinese assaulted en masse; the Marines countered with armor, artillery and airpower. Carnage ensued. Then, in a retrograde movement that its commanders refused to call a retreat – “We are attacking in another direction” – the Marines battled their way, for over 60 miles, out of the mountains and down to the coast, where they were evacuated by sea. US forces suffered some 18,000 casualties. Having cleared North Korea of US troops, Song’s peasant soldiers won a strategic victory. But it was a Pyrrhic one. Korea’s winter proved even more injurious than Marine firepower. Post-battle, Song’s 9th Army required 60,000 replacements, notably because their canvas-sided boots rendered them extremely vulnerable to frostbite. While this feat of combat and endurance has been widely covered in US books, films and documentaries, Battle at Lake Changjin offers the Chinese view – and shines a powerful new spotlight upon China’s role and the Korean War and the courage of the soldiers who fought it. A Chinese soldier in action during the Korean War. Photo The National War Memorial of Korea Patriotic productions With 2021 marking the 20th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party, the time was ripe to commemorate what is known in China as “The War to Resist America and Defend [North] Korea.” China’s victories over US troops in the early months of the Korean conflict stunned the world. Not only did they ensure the survival of North Korea as a buffer state on China’s northeast flank, they overturned 150 years of military humiliations at the hands of foreign powers and paved China’s path toward superpower status. The horrors of the weather – including Chinese troops freezing to death – the fearsome power of US air assets, and the poor state of Chinese rations are not glossed over in the new film. But clearly, the focus is on their ability to endure suffering to win a victory over a powerfully equipped enemy. The 2021 film was commissioned by China’s powerful central propaganda department and the country’s top movie regulator, and the PLA’s dedicated film studio was one of the production companies engaged. According to CNN, it received huge support from Beijing, which not only assisted with script development, production and publicity, but also dispatched serving PLA troops to serve as extras. With a reported budget of $200 million, it is reportedly the country’s most expensive film ever. Naturally, China’s leading filmic firepower was deployed in its production. In the uneasy aftermath of years of extensive protest in Hong Kong, and a subsequent crackdown by Beijing, the movie was directed by a trio of leading Chinese and Hong Kong auteurs. Their expertise spans arthouse cinema – Chen Kaige Farewell My Concubine; Together; gangster thrillers – Tsui Hark A Better Tomorrow; The Killer; and patriotic propaganda – Dante Lam who directed blockbuster thriller Operation Red Sea 2 and also made a documentary praising the Hong Kong constabulary. A prominent role is taken by Wu Jing. Wu is known for his direction of, and lead role in, the Rambo-esque Wolf Warrior flicks, in which Chinese special operators take out villainous Americans. The two films became so representative of China’s neo-nationalism that their title became a byword for assertive Chinese diplomacy. “It is in tune with Xi’s Marxist puritanical drive – these sorts of movies which are essentially propaganda tools, you see a lot of these in the pipeline,” Alex Neill a Singapore-based security consultant and expert on the PLA told Asia Times. “There is this hyper-nationalism, that, at the moment, is being stoked by the CCP.” And the burst of kinetic and patriotic popular culture is all part of a zeitgeist that is not just nationalist, but anti-American. A Chinese anti-US propaganda poster from the Korean War era shows Chinese troops crushing US-led forces. Photo Facebook Rising anti-American wave “Patriotism is the message and anti-Americanism is the subtext. The Korean War is only the conduit for the expression of patriotism,” Zhu Ying, a professor of cinema studies at Hong Kong Baptist University told Asia Times. “It could be any war that can significantly elevate the leadership of the CCP and rally support for the party.” Since early this year, after it became clear that the Joe Biden administration would continue the anti-China policies of the previous Donald Trump administration, Beijing has been undertaking a major overhaul of its economy and society. Among the actions undertaken, powerful big-tech platforms have been disempowered as the state’s economic focus shifts to more strategic industries, including high-tech manufacturing. Youth have had their gaming hours cut, and so-called “sissy boy” celebrities have been removed from the entertainment sector. There are multiple explanations for what is afoot. Some consider it a “Red re-set” in which an austere form of communism is being re-established. Others consider the de-prioritization of “frivolous” industries and the promotion of a masculine patriotism to be part of a strategy of placing Chinese society on to a footing via which it can challenge the United States. “Yes, Xi is challenging US dominance,” said Zhu. “Though he is not necessarily seeking confrontation with the US.” Multiple US maneuvers – from sanctions on semiconductor technologies, to probes into the origins of Covid-19 to the creation of new, anti-China regional alliances such as AUKUS – have given Beijing plentiful causes for concern. An essay that has been widely reprinted in state media outlets across China, “Everyone Can Sense that a Profound Transformation is Underway,” sums up the external threats that many Chinese now see the US as representing. The statue of a Chinese soldier salutes toward North Korea in a poignant memorial on the banks of the Yalu River, the border between China and North Korea. Photo Andrew Salmon/Asia Times “China faces an increasingly fraught and complex international landscape as the United States menaces Chinese with worsening military threats, economic and technological blockades, attacks on our financial system and attempts at political and diplomatic isolation,” wrote columnist Li Guangman. “The US is waging biological warfare, space warfare and public opinion battles against China.” Li suggested that self-strengthening is an appropriate defense. “If we allow this generation of young people to lose their mettle and their masculinity, who needs an enemy?” he asked. “We will have brought destruction upon ourselves.” The film looks unlikely to get much play in US cinema chains. “The Battle of Lake Changjin is a film meant for Chinese domestic audiences, not for Americans,” Zhu said. “Chinese domestic blockbusters seldom translate into international blockbusters.” Amid the patriotic furore, those questioning the official narrative have faced official wrath. Luo Changping, a journalist turned businessman, was arrested last week after questioning the basis for China’s 1950 intervention in Korea on social media, the New York Times reported. But there is one irony implicit in the film that is likely to get little play in Chinese media. General Song, who led his men into the freezing horror in northeastern Korea, was one of seven retired PLA commanders who, in 1989, reportedly signed a letter urging the government not to use the PLA to enforce martial law on protesters in Tiananmen Square. That advice was ignored and the protest was crushed. Song passed away in 1991, and the Tiananmen Square killings have been airbrushed out of official history.

This Week in China’s History November-December 1950 This year’s highest grossing movie is not the latest installment from the James Bond or Marvel franchises, nor is it a Bollywood extravaganza. It is a war film, sponsored by the Chinese government, that tells the story of one of the most important battles of the Korean War. The Battle at Lake Changjin 长津湖 Chángjīn hú is also the most expensive Chinese film ever made and the highest-grossing Chinese-language film ever surpassing Wolf Warrior 2. Though historical accuracy in a movie like this is never quite the objective, the incident that is the foundation of the movie — the real Battle of Changjin Lake — and its implications, which echoed through the second half of the 20th century and beyond, is worth exploring. American sources refer to the battle as the Battle of Chosin Reservoir, using the Japanese transliteration that was written on maps. Whichever orthography we use, this artificial lake in North Korea, some 50 miles from the Chinese border and nestled among 6,000-foot mountains, was the setting for a fight that reshaped the histories of not only both Koreas, China, and the United States, but really the entire 20th century. When he sent his armies to invade the South in June 1950, North Korean leader Kim Il-sung did not anticipate that the United States would intervene. The reason for that expectation stemmed from declarations by American officials early in 1950 that the United States was done with the Chinese Civil War — and with the legacy of World War II in Asia more generally — drawing a defense perimeter that included Japan then occupied by forces but explicitly excluding Taiwan, Vietnam, and Korea. Kim was able to use these statements to persuade both Máo Zédōng 毛泽东 and Joseph Stalin to support, at least tacitly, the North Korean invasion, and he expected to unify the peninsula within weeks, maybe even days. Though not quite that fast, the plan seemed to work. By early August — just six weeks after the war began — South Korean forces, supported by hastily assembled United Nations troops, had been pushed south into a small perimeter around the city of Pusan. The invasion, however, prompted the United States to reconsider its defensive posture in East Asia. Korea and Vietnam and Taiwan were redefined as vital strategic interests, and American troops were rushed to Korea via Japan. An amphibious assault at the city of Inchon turned the tide. In just two weeks, the United Nations almost entirely the armies had fought back to the 38th parallel, where the war had begun. Dismissing Chinese warnings not to push farther north, the UN/ armies did just that. North Korean troops were in disarray. By mid-October, the war seemed nearly over, with just the opposite result of what looked imminent in August. The war, commanders boasted, could end by Christmas. Late in November — with temperatures approaching 40 degrees below zero at night, presaging what would be one of the harshest winters recorded — United Nations forces took up positions around the Chosin Reservoir as they approached the Chinese border. That was one side of the story pushing north to eradicate what was left of the North Korean army. Another side of the story was in motion, too, with very different motives and objectives. Chinese warnings about crossing the 38th parallel had not been idle, but they were complicated. As historian Sheila Miyoshi Jager describes in her book Brothers at War The Unending Conflict in Korea, when confronted with the American advance, Mao had reneged on an earlier pledge to assist Kim Il-sung in the event of an American attack. Stalin urged Mao to reconsider. For two weeks, many fates teetered on an edge as Mao considered his options. On October 8, the day after UN forces crossed the 38th parallel, Mao cabled Kim that Chinese support would be coming; on October 19, soldiers of the Chinese People’s Volunteers began crossing the Yalu River into North Korea. They first engaged UN forces about a week later, but encounters were brief. American intelligence estimated that no more than 35,000 Chinese troops were in Korea. The actual number, by the end of October, was a quarter of a million. The Chinese soldiers advanced only at night, camping camouflaged during daylight hours, and were either overlooked or ignored by United Nations intelligence units as they covered the 100 marching miles from the border to Chosin Reservoir. On November 27, they attacked. Under cover of night, blowing bugles and armed with machine guns and grenades, the Chinese forces inflicted heavy casualties on the surprised Americans. The sub-zero temperatures made the surprise even more brutal, as many weapons and munitions were frozen. Withdrawing during the day, the attacks resumed each night, and it soon became clear that the Chinese numbers were far greater than expected. For two weeks, both sides fought one another and the elements. Outnumbered and surrounded by an often unseen adversary, American soldiers struggled with frostbite, dead batteries, frozen supplies, and the unceasing stress of temperatures that stayed below zero for days on end. Some 8,000 American, South Korean, and British marines and soldiers froze to death, nearly half of their total casualties for the battle. The Chinese forces suffered even more. Most of the winter uniforms intended for the People’s Volunteers never arrived, leaving the soldiers with canvas shoes and little more than thin cotton scarves to wrap themselves in; bombing by UN planes had disrupted food supplies. Estimates vary, but as many as 50,000 Chinese died in the battle, half of them from exposure. The Battle at Lake Changjin depicts the battle as a great Chinese victory, a patriotic story of aiding an aggrieved ally and defending China’s borders. But assessing victory in the real battle is thorny. Without question, what happened at Chosin Reservoir turned the tide of the war, and though the Chinese did not achieve their goal of destroying the United Nations forces, they did drive them out of North Korea. Some American units were eliminated, victories celebrated as the greatest Chinese triumphs of the entire war. From the American side, the escape and evacuation is celebrated as heroism. The battle produced more medals of honor than any engagement other than the 1944-45 Battle of the Bulge. Facing long odds and outnumbered four to one, the marines managed to break out of their containment and fight their way to the eastern coast at Hungnam, where an air and sea evacuation took some 100,000 American and South Korean military personnel and nearly that many civilian refugees to the south. Survival was no small victory, but prospects for a quick end to the war were lost, along with 23,000 square miles of territory. The evacuation at Hungnam was the last time American or South Korean troops would fight in North Korea. The war would last for another two years, but the front would remain around the 38th parallel, right where it had started. The conflict rent the Korean peninsula, dividing many families and destroying many lives in a war that lingers until today. For China, the United States, and the world, the ramifications were also immense. For the People’s Republic, the ability to mobilize hundreds of thousands of soldiers and push American forces out of North Korea was confirmation of their ability to project power abroad, as Chinese soldiers defended their borders against the world’s most powerful army. Politically, what happened in Korea intensified Mao’s leadership. As historian Sargent writes, “Domestically, Mao’s far-sighted’ and brilliant’ decision to confront the American imperialists’ in Korea would lead to his complete monopoly on power and the radicalization of China’s political and social affairs.” It seems unlikely that Mao could have accrued the political capital needed for totalitarian policies like the Great Leap Forward without his success in Korea, and success in Korea depended on Chosin Reservoir. The greatest legacy of all was nothing less than the recasting of international relations in the 20th century. The Cold War was an abstract idea until Chosin Reservoir, but the battle — as brutal as any ever fought — showed that it was very real, and convinced Americans that fears of dominos or red hordes were not exaggerated, and any amount of money spent opposing them was justified. The arms race and the global cold war can be said to have started in the frozen hills around Chosin Reservoir. For the mostly Chinese audiences flocking to see Lake Changjin, the appeal is not the geo-strategic implications of a battle, but an action movie of soldiers fighting far from home against a powerful enemy to defend their national interests. And ironically, it is just in this way that the film itself is being deployed a powerful piece of propaganda that can show viewers the effectiveness of the Party in defeating even its most powerful enemies, an emphatic end to the “Century of Humiliation” that had begun with the Opium War. As rumors of lab leaks, Olympic boycotts, and economic tremors confront them, the Party expects Changjin Lake to tell a story of the People’s Republic fighting an international system determined to hold it down in Chinese textbooks, South Korea is deemed to have started the war as a pretext for an American assault against China. And the story is not to be challenged when journalist Luō Chāngpíng 罗昌平 used his private Weibo account to question the movie’s version of events, he found himself detained by Chinese police and his account shut down. Luo was charged under a recently enacted law that makes it a crime to defame political martyrs. As the movie’s tagline explains, 祖国不会忘义 zǔguó bù huì wàng yì — The motherland will never forget. This Week in China’s History is a weekly column.

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