Where was Mao Zedong during the Japanese surrender in Zhijiang (芷江) at the end of WWII in 1945?

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First of all, your assumption that "whole" JIA army surrendered on one day on 21-23 Aug, in Zhiijiang is nor correct.

It was 9th Sep when Chinese Nationalist Party accepted the surrender of Japanese forces in Nanking according to this site..

It was on 22th Sep that JIA forces surrendered in Zheng Prefecture.

There are many leaflets by the Chinese communist party congratulating the victory over the JIA forces from here.

So the surrender was conducted by unit by unit ( or army group by army group ) independently by Chinese Nationalist Party or Communist Chinese.

Then or therefore it would be probably very hard for even Chinese native speakers to pinpoint where Mazo is exactly at when Japanese forces accepted the Potsdam Declaration (or else on 2 Sep, which is the "official" surrender day).

As you say, on 28th Aug, Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-Shek held a party to congratulate the victory against Japanese Imperial forces at Chongqing.

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So he might'be been anywhere, in Yan'an or moving to Chongqing, but I bet no one could know until someone gets a daily diary by Mao if such a thing exists.

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