Hot Springs/Huaqing Pool

After the T-C warriors, we went to the Hot Springs (over 100 degrees plus that day, no less. Nothing says "cool" like some hot springs). It turns out they were no longer in use, just a shadow of their former selves, as the case may be. They were used mostly by the Tang emperors (and empresses), and were actually in quite a beautiful setting at the base of a mountain. Chiang Kai-Shek stayed there during the 1930s and set up headquarters there. They so called "Xian incident" occurred here. It's a bit confusing as to what it actually is, based on the references I have here, which includes a "History and Civilization of China" book published in China. Based on the language, it's a direct translation from the Chinese (it's quite an atrocious translation, actually), and there's definitely a pro-Communist bias (shocking, I know). As near as I can tell, the Xian incident is a struggle between Communist forces and nationalist forces, all of which occurred at the same time the Japanese were in China. There was a lot of consternation about the lack of attention being paid to that fact among both the Nationalist and Communist forces, as well as the Soviets. (Japanese forces in China could have been a prelude to invasion of the Soviet Union, something they had been worried about since at least 1905 and the Russo-Japanese War.) Not very informative, I know, but it's kind of difficult when most of my options are in Chinese, and are ... shall we say a little biased? Take the following as an example:

"In June 1946, because of the perfidius Kuomintang, an all-out civil war broke out." (p. 232, The History and Civilization of China. Can't tell author, it's in Chinese!) The italics are my emphasis.

Anyway, you see the dilemma.