Jan 01, 1985 the long march was an important crucible in the development of the chinese communist party, so its hard not to be curious about it, if youre interested in china at all. The long march ebook by sun shuyun 9780307487650 rakuten. She graduated from beijing university and won a scholarship to oxford. Mar 05, 2006 the long march by sun shuyun harpercollins. He notes that most of these radicals were products of the bourgeois, capitalist system. A filmmaker and television producer, she has made documentaries for the bbc, channel 4, pbs, and the discovery channel. Her books include ten thousand miles without a cloud in which she retraces the journey of the 7thcentury chinese monk xuanzang, the long march. Whatever else it was, the long march of americas cultural revolution was a capitalist, bourgeois revolution. Inthe long march, sun shuyun uncovers the true story behind the mythic march of maos soldiers across china, exposing the famine, disease, and desertion behind the legend. Listen to unlimited audiobooks on the web, ipad, iphone and android. Sun shuyun was born and raised in a small village in central china.
Compose an instruction manual 500600 words for red army soldiers serving. Seventy years after the historical march took place, sun shuyun set out to retrace the marchers steps and unexpectedly discovered the true. The long march is the stunning narrative of her extraordinary expedition. The long march is communist chinas founding myth, the heroic tale that every chinese child learns in school. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the long march. A long march to the truth history books the guardian. She follows their trail through all those harsh miles, discovers their faith and. Chinese journalist sun shuyun agreed that the official accounts were exaggerated. The long march was an epic journey of endurance, even more severe than history books say, and courage against impossible odds. Seventy years later sun shuyun set out to retrace the marchers steps.
The true history of communist chinas founding myth by sun shuyun. Communist chinas long march is famed throughout the country. Melvyn bragg and guests discuss a foundation story for china as it was reshaped under mao zedong. Get your kindle here, or download a free kindle reading app. The true history of communist chinas founding myth, new york. Archived from the original pdf on september 23, 2015. The true history of communist chinas founding myth doubleday books, 2007. Kimball concludes by asking where such activists can be found today. Children, like the author sun shuyun, are taught the story over and over again in school and there are plays and films about it.
So it appears the whole section is based on what sun has said. The author decides to do her own version of the long march, following in the footsteps of the red army and visiting the few remaining veterans along the. The last perfect revolutionary by gao wenqian, peter rand, lawrence r. The true history of communist chinas founding myth by sun shuyun, moebius. A true history of communist chinas founding myth by sun shuyun is an incredibly impressive work of revisionist reporting, which calls into question nearly every aspect of the chinese communist partys official account of what really occurred during this epic, horrific journey. In the long march, sun shuyun uncovers the true story behind the mythic march of maos soldiers across china, exposing the famine, disease, and desertion. In 1934, in the midst of civil war, the communist party and its 200,000 soldiers were forced from their bases by chiang kaishek and his nationalist troops. The true history of communist chinas founding myth, by sun shuyun, is a personal voyage of discovery through the. The real story of the march come from the veterans whom sun shuyun has found.
She was born in china in the 1960s, graduated from beijing university and won a scholarship to the university of oxford. Download it once and read it on your kindle device. May 06, 2008 in the long march, sun shuyun uncovers the true story behind the mythic march of maos soldiers across china, exposing the famine, disease, and desertion behind the legend. Listen to the long march audiobook by sun shuyun and laural. Read free book excerpt from the long march by sun shuyun, page 1 of 4. The real long march by shuyun sun project syndicate. For successive chinese regimes imperial, republican and communist. The real story of the march, the most vivid pictures, come from the veterans whom sun shuyun has found.
Sep 01, 2008 sun shuyun was born in china in the 1960s, the daughter of a soldier in the peoples liberation army who told exciting stories about the long march, which began in 1934 when the nationalists under chiang kaishek drove out the communists led by mao tse tung. The true history of communist chinas founding myth, a year in tibet, a book made in conjunction. Sun shuyun is the first chinese person to retrace the long march in order to tell the story of the marchers this is a must read book for anyone with an interest in his period of history. The long march was an important crucible in the development of the chinese communist party, so its hard not to be curious about it, if youre interested in china at all. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. If these first hand narratives and sun shuyun s research reveal such a different version of the march, the question then arises how the official version became so firmly entrenched and unquestioned.
A true history of communist chinas founding myth by sun shuyun is an incredibly impressive work of revisionist reporting, which calls into. The long march of the communist party of china, 193435, san jose state university, department of economics, accessed june 10, 2015. In 1934, the fledgling chinese communist party and its 200,000 soldiers were forced off their bases by chiang kaishek and his nationalist troops. However, after the unexpected death of sun in march 1925, a power struggle within the. The untold story mcgrawhill, 1987 sun shuyun, the long march. In october 1934, around ninety thousand soldiers of the red army broke out of a siege in jiangxi in the south east of the country, hoping to find a place to regroup and rebuild. However, there is disagreement in other sources over the incident. Excerpt from the long march by sun shuyun, plus links to. Ten thousand miles without a cloud has sold over 12,000 copies in the uk. The long march, sun shuyun shop online for books in australia. They were joined by other armies, and this turned into a very long march to the west and then north, covering thousands. The true history of communist chinas founding myth kindle edition by shuyun, sun.
The true history of communist chinas founding myth by sun shuyun epub the long march is communist chinas founding myth, the heroic tale that every chinese child learns in school. The long march enhua zhang chinese communists built. Mar 02, 2006 mar 2, 2006 shuyun sun every nation has its founding myth. The writer sun shuyun writes that generations of chinese have been taught a. For communist china, it is the long march a story on a par with moses leading the israelites exodus out of egypt. In the long march, sun shuyun uncovers the true story behind the mythic march of maos soldiers across china, exposing the famine, disease, and desertion behind the legend. Publication date 2006 topics china history long march, 19341935. Long march through china in the 1930s in retreat from advancing kuomintang. The long march sun shuyun national library of australia. Every nation has its founding myth, and for modern china it is the long march. March, sun shuyun, a chinese writer and documentary filmmaker. Listen to the long march by sun shuyun,laural merlington with a free trial.
The true history of communist chinas founding myth and a year in tibet shuyun sun on kcrw amy chua, tiger mother. The long march was a military retreat undertaken by the red army of the communist party of. She follows their trail through all those harsh miles. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. There are some interesting conversations with participants, and there is certainly a solid record of the actual route taken and the regions traversed, in this book. Filmmaker and writer about chinese history and culture, whose books include the long march.
Her books include ten thousand miles without a cloud in which she retraces the jour. The true history of communist chinas founding myth. The untold story and charlotte salisburys long march diary mention a battle at luding bridge, but they relied on secondhand information. Jun 12, 2007 in 2004, 70 years after the long march began, shuyun decided to follow in the marchers footsteps.
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