Eastern Charm (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 it is deeply intertwined 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, experienced the entire Long March firsthand. Western missionaries like Bo Fuliji, while observing the events "with cold eyes," not only helped solve the urgent needs of the Red Army but also served selflessly, moved by the grandeur of the Long March, and wrote books despite their illnesses, becoming the first to introduce the Red Army's true situation 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 wrote about it, marking the beginning of a new era for the West to understand red China.