As the saying goes: "Being backward is to be beaten." Since the late Qing Dynasty, China was a semi-feudal and semi-colonial country at that time. The survival of the people was a problem, let alone a sense of happiness in life. The Qing Dynasty was destroyed and the Republic of China was established. At that time, the people thought that the happy time was about to begin. However, warlords fought and fought for power, but they still failed to make the country stronger. The country and the people have not been truly liberated.
In 1948, during the period of the Republic of China government, more than 20 foreigners raped and gang-raped more than 30 Chinese women on Chinese territory. Their animal behavior is simply outrageous. This incident is the famous "景明楼事件" during the Republic of China.
On July 22, 1948, I was living on the 5th floor of Jingming Building, 美阜公司 Hankou branch office, because it was about to be transferred from Hankou. Plan the matter behind the scenes with US Air Force officer George Lincoln. They first found Seraphim, a Filipino who plays a band in the karaoke hall, and asked Seraphim to organize a dance party where he lives in Lifu, and asked him to invite Chinese women to participate. The main purpose was 伴舞 , The second is 伴宿, but Chinese men are not allowed to participate. The intention is obvious.
After receiving the task, Seraphim found the Filipino Krauz to discuss how to organize the dance. Krauz called his Chinese concubine Zhang Yueming. Finally decided to let Zhang Yueming come forward to invite Chinese women, because she is Chinese. Zhang Yueming looked for Chinese women everywhere through Yang Yulin, Liu Baoshan, Sally and others in the karaoke hall.
Liu Baoshan found the unemployed dancer Cao Xiuying and asked her to invite Chinese women to the dance party and promised to give her many benefits. Cao Xiuying saw the profit, so she was very enthusiastic and asked her 15-year-old daughter to participate. She invited Mrs. Zhang and Mrs. Yang who were in the same room, and together with Seraphim’s Chinese concubine Tan Bizhen, she brought in Mrs. Liu, Mrs. Luo and others. There were more than 30 Chinese women.
Among these organizers, apart from Seraphim, Liffey, and George Lincoln, everyone else thought it was just a dance, and never expected to "sleep" with them. Apart from a few professional dancers, most of the Chinese women participating in the dance are housewives who come to follow the fashion and participate in "social" activities. At that time, some people really liked to participate in social activities such as gatherings and dances organized by foreigners.
At around 7 pm on August 7, the people who participated in the dance arrived on the 5th floor of Jingming Building. In addition to more than 30 Chinese women, there were more than 20 "male guests." All of them are foreigners, of which the US has the most soldiers. There are also employees of the Hankou branch of Mobil Corporation Lu Huiren, Frank, and Stasbo, as well as American expatriates Li Qi, Carlton, Gelu, Carlisle, etc. The British inspected Hedasheng on Jianghanguan River and others.
At around 9:30 in the evening, the dance began. More than 20 "male guests" gradually revealed their ugliness in the alcohol-filled and smoky dance. Some kissed their female partners, some pinched their waists and touched their bodies. A US military officer pressed his female companion to the ground in public and tore her underwear. At this time, someone turned off the lights and the band members also slipped away, leaving only the calls of Chinese women.
More than 30 Chinese women were raped and gang-raped by more than 20 foreigners. At about 12 o'clock in the evening, Qiaoqiao, the singer-songwriter who escaped the tiger's mouth by chance, found the home of Sally who had not escaped, and together with Sally's mother, reported the situation to the Hankou Security Police Corps. After asking for instructions, the police were sent to investigate.
When the police arrived at Jingming Building, they were blocked by foreigners from going upstairs. After several requests, the investigators reached the fifth floor. It was already over 3 in the morning. Only Li Fu and George Lincoln were left on the scene. They only said it was a dance party, which was over. But their beastly past, contented expressions, and the clothes that were too late to pack in the room explained everything, but the police dare not say anything.
After theincident, the Nationalist Government also tried its best to block the news to take care of the "national reputation" and "allied friendship." Fearing that the situation would expand and "affect Sino-US diplomatic relations", while sending people to do the work of reporters, asking them to "consider the overall situation"; while sending people to lock up Zhang Yueming, Yang Yulin, Liu Baoshan, Cao Xiuying, and Zhang Jiying, and ask him (She) bear the blame. Lifu and Seraphim had long since fled to Hong Kong, and George Lincoln and other US military officers and others were at large.
Among the women who were raped, several of them made a lot of trouble and were arrested by the Kuomintang government and sentenced on the grounds that they "tempted to seduce the Allied forces to engage in fornication" activities. On August 8, "China Evening News" reporter Yang Yu learned about some things. After finding that Hankou City Police Chief Ren Jianpeng was rejected, reporter Yang announced the scandal in the "China Evening News" that day.
This is a large-scale premeditated rape and gang rape. Some women have been gang raped up to 3 times. According to a report from the "Dalian Daily" on October 30, 1948, it also included the second wife of Zhang Michuan, the speaker of the Wuhan City Senate at the time, the wife of a certain administrative chief, and Mrs. Song who lived in 巴公屋 , Mrs. Gao, Mrs. Zhang and others.
After the incident, the Kuomintang government has been blocking news and has not pursued the culprit. It was not until August 26 that the Hankou Senate of the KMT issued an official letter asking the Hankou Municipal Government to investigate the matter. On April 1, 1949, the Hankou City Local Court sentenced Zhang Yueming and the other five people to fixed-term imprisonment of 1 to 3 years for "intent to make profit and induce allied forces to engage in fornication" activities and to induce a good family woman to commit adultery with others. (She) We have made scapegoats for Americans.
If the country at that time was a strong country, would those foreigners still dare to do such a heinous brutality on Chinese territory? Therefore, through the "Jingming Tower Incident", one thing can be understood, how happy it is to have a strong motherland as a backer, even if you are abroad, others will be in awe of the strong country behind you.
