The Long March of Two People

Author: Li Aide / Ma Pu'an
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Li Aide and Ma Pu'an, two British men, once studied at the same school. After parting ways, they both ended up in Beijing. One day, they made a "crazy" decision: to retrace the Long March of the Chinese Red Army! With reverence for the Chinese revolution, they traveled through the journey, enduring hardships and pushing the limits of their bodies and will multiple times, becoming foreigners who walked the entire Long March route, apart from Comintern's Li De. For 384 days, they wandered in the blank spaces outside historical records, seeking ordinary people connected to that history. They found the answers they initially sought and also learned the invaluable will of the human spirit beyond the truth of history. This book, based on the diaries of Li Aide and Ma Pu'an, authentically records their extraordinary "New Long March" journey, making it worth reading. The book records the experiences of two young British men who have lived in Beijing for many years, retracing the Long March of the Chinese Red Army! They later documented this extraordinary journey, sharing with people a significant discovery they made on the "New Long March"—that they encountered an elderly woman who might be the daughter left behind by Mao Zedong and He Zizhen during their battles with local villagers. Driven by the belief of "finding the truth of history," they witnessed firsthand how far the Long March actually was? What was the cost of "seizing Luding Bridge in the Air"? Was the historically renowned "Yihe Alliance" real? How did the lives of those who witnessed the Long March turn and twist?