| 1 | The War of Resistance Against Japan was a life-and-death struggle for the Chinese nation. | |
| 2 | The awful despot' s chances of survival lie with his deterrent power. | |
| 3 | He may ultimately even face the question of his, and the regime' s, survival. | |
| 4 | One must live with time and die with it, or else elude it for a greater life. | |
| 5 | And that was only about a bunch of musket-toting rubes of doubtful loyalty. This is about national survival. |