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Red Star over China, also known as Red Star over China, is an immortal masterpiece of edgar snow, a famous American journalist, and a reportage with beautiful writing and informative materials. From June of 1936 to June of 10, the author truly recorded what he saw and heard in the field interview in the northwest revolutionary base area of China (Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region with Yan 'an as the center), and truly reported to the world the situation of the China * * * Production Party, the Chinese Workers and Peasants Red Army and many Red Army leaders and generals. Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De are the most representative figures in Si Nuo's works.
Edgar snow (1905.7.11-1972.2.15) is a famous American journalist. 1928 came to China and worked as a reporter and correspondent in several newspapers in Europe and America. From April 1933 to June 1935, Si Nuo was also a lecturer in the journalism department of yenching university, Beiping. From June 65438 to June 0936, Si Nuo visited the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia Border Region and wrote a lot of communication reports, becoming the first western journalist to cover the Red Zone. After the outbreak of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, he served as a war correspondent in China for the Daily Herald and the American Saturday Evening Post. 1942 went to Central Asia and the Soviet Union for an interview and left China. After the founding of New China, he visited China three times and met with President Mao Zedong.
1972 February 15 died in Geneva, Switzerland. According to his last wish, some of his ashes were buried in China, on the unnamed lake in Peking University.
References:
Si Nuo _ Baidu Encyclopedia Red Star Shines on China _ Baidu Encyclopedia