Sedan Chairs, Tired Intellectuals, and Indifferent Masses: The Denouement of the Nanchang Uprising/Southern Expedition (August to October 1927)
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We follow the Southern Expeditionary force from Ruijin in Jiangxi province to Shantou in Guangdong. Further reading: Marcia Ristaino, China’s Art of Revolution: The Mobilization of Discontent, 1927 and 1928 Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De] Chang Kuo-t’ao [Zhang Guotao], The Rise of the Chinese Communist Party (2 volumes) C. Martin Wilbur, “The Ashes of Defeat” Some names from this episode: Zhang Guotao, Leading Communist Yun Daiying, Communist Central Committee member Li Lisan, Leading Communist Peng Pai, Communist peasant organizer Zhang Tailei, Member of Communist Politburo Qu Qiubai, Top leader of Communist Party Tan Pingshan, One of the leaders of the Nanchang Uprising Zhou Enlai, Leading Communist Zhu De, Communist military commander Lin Biao, Company commander in Communist military Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=DACDMMMEASJVJ)
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