Eastern Charm -- The Long March and Foreigners

Author: Xiao Xianshe
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: The Long March possesses a unique Eastern charm because of its deep connections with foreigners. Li De, as the foreign "supreme ruler" of the Red Army headquarters, traveled "mysteriously" from Moscow to Shanghai and then took over the "independent house" of the Red Army headquarters. From Vietnam, Hong Fu, and from Korea, Bishti, as foreign elite warriors in the Red Army's stream, personally experienced the entire Long March. Western missionaries like Bo Fuli, while observing the Red Army with "cold eyes," not only relieved the urgent needs of the Red Army but also served selflessly without complaint, being moved by the grandeur of the Long March and writing books despite illness, becoming the first to introduce the Red Army's true story to the West. Snow and other Western journalists, carrying numerous questions about the Communist Party and the Red Army's Long March, unveiled the "mystery" of the Long March's victory and then passionately chronicled the event, marking a new era in the West's understanding of red China.