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02-16-2006 13:48

In June 1936, Edgar Snow finally arrived in Yan’an, the capital of the Chinese Soviet Base Region, having risked his life to break through the heavy blockade imposed by the Kuomintang government. In the Soviet region, he gained widespread trust and got special permission to interview Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Peng Dehuai and many other senior Red Army generals. These interviews later served as the basis for his book—Red Star over China, the first authorized biography of the Chinese Communist leaders. The book made the West aware for the first time of the incredible exploits of the Red Army during the Long March.

Helen Snow’s interviews and experiences in northern Shaanxi not only supplemented Edgar’s book, Red Star Over China, but also served as the basis for her own book Inside Red China. As an independent woman journalist, Helen provided a new perspective interviewing female soldiers about their experiences during the Long March.

Although the Industrial Cooperative companies were completely destroyed in 1941, the Industrial Cooperative movement continued to play a key role in developing a new economic foundation in China. According to statistics, from 1938 to 1945, when World War II ended, the movement raised 30 million US dollars and established more than 3,000 companies in China’s rear areas, producing vast quantities of military supplies, weapons and ammunition. All this was a great help to the Chinese with their war of resistance against Japanese aggression.

 

Editor:Wang Ping