Long March Chronicle

Author: Cheng Fangwu
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Publishing Date: 2006-06-01
Features: Since the Opium War of 1840, China began to a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and the people fell into deeper suffering in all aspects of politics, economy, and more. The oppression and exploitation from abroad intensified the existing national and class contradictions within the country. Struggles against foreign aggression occurred one after another. The peasant revolutionary movements in China continued without interruption, some still heavily tinged with religious colors, but essentially they were revolutionary movements of peasants opposing the reactionary ruling class at the time. The Taiping Rebellion was a great peasant revolution that swept across half of China in just a few years. However, due to the lack of correct leadership, internal divisions within the leadership group, and the collaboration of the reactionary dynasty with foreign reactionary forces to jointly carry out brutal suppression, the revolution ultimately failed. After that, the tottering Qing Dynasty continued to maintain its bloody rule over old China. The national finances and people's livelihood deteriorated further. This book commemorates the arduous and indomitable revolutionary journey of our Party and our army, honors the martyrs, and carries forward the legacy, with the aim of inspiring the present generation to cherish the hard-won peace and revolutionary achievements even more, and promoting the youth to strive harder to make greater contributions to the nation and society. This book is a recollection of the Long March, including contents such as entering Guizhou, the Four Crossings of the Chishui River, crossing the grasslands, entering Gannan, the Historical Conclusion, and the Harm of Splitterism to the Revolution.