However , some academics have disputed these conclusions , stating the departing Japanese colonial government was responsible by creating food shortages and causing inflation .
Chiang Kai - shek is specifically named as bearing the largest responsibility in the 2006 report .
Some academics have disputed these conclusions , stating the departing Japanese colonial government was responsible by creating food shortages and causing inflation .
Chiang Kai - shek is specifically named as bearing the largest responsibility in the 2006 report .