| 英文摘要 |
Following the outbreak of the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Beiping Security Maintenance Committee北平地方維持會became the first regime backed by the Japanese military. Anchored in the diaries of Secretary-General Li Jingming李景銘(1877–1950) of the Committee, who also served as director of the Beiping Bureau of Social Affairs北平市社會局, this article, from the perspectives of administrative operations and power dynamics, integrates Sino-Japanese archival and relevant historical materials to investigate the Committee’s formation, its ties with municipal administration, and its handling of personnel, market trade, public security, and judicial affairs, ultimately uncovering the complex realities of politics under occupation. It can be observed that a combination of factors, namely war, ethnic and racial tensions, political factionalism, and personal interests, contributed to the unbalanced power dynamics within the Committee, which undermined the fairness and efficiency of Committee operations, obstructed Japanese military directives, and provided the civilian population with a certain respite. Disillusionment with the results of said operations caused some Chinese figures to shift their stance from“pro-Japanese”to“anti-Japanese,”revealing new factors driving the shifts in the mindset and attitudes of“collaborators.” |