 In August 1945, the Japanese surrendered, and within two years, the economy was in a disastrous state in need of recovery, while Chiang Kai-shek and Mao Zedong fought for the political dominance of the nation that further plunged the country into anguish and chaos.In 1946, the nationalist state attempted to utilize the filming industry for ideologically control and manipulation through post-war films by instituting new film studios such as the Central Film Studio 1 and 2 (Zhongyang dianying sheying chang) on Huaying’s premises.In 1947, the socio-political campaign through filming was unsuccessful due to factionalism and mismanagement within the Nationalist organization, along with opposition, resistance, and criticism of the prejudiced policies from the Nationalists.