Commemorative Activities
Grand ceremony held to mark 70th anniversary of Long March
Chinese President Hu Jintao and other top leaders attended a grand ceremony Sunday in Beijing in memory of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March.
Stamps published to mark the Long March
Newly published a stamp of the 70th Anniversary of the Long March Led by the Workers´ and Peasants´ Red Army in Xiji, northwest China´s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
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Up Close : New Long Marchers
70 years ago, the Red Army´s Long March crossed 14 Chinese provinces from 1934 to 1936. It was a feat claimed "unbelievable" by most scholars. Our two guests, Ed Jocelyn and Andrew McEwen are two journalists who decided to try to compare myth with reality by retracing the steps of the Long March.
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Before and After the Long March
In the summer of 1931, with the approval of the Central Committee, Deng Xiaoping went to the Central revolutionary Base Area in southern Jiangxi and western Fujian, Fierce fighting was still going on there, as the Red Army was trying on smash Chiang Kai-shek´s third "encirclement and suppression" campaign.
