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Red Star Over China told the story of the Communists from their point of view, in their own words, without being taken over by editorializing or bias on the part of Snow himself, a technique popular in Western news reports on China in 1936, and still popular today in 2022.
So why is a book that was published 85 years ago, by a man who died 50 years ago, still so important today? For many, it’s because Red Star Over China is an increasingly rare situation where Westerners have represented China fully and fairly, allowing the world to see behind the dramatic headlines and biased copy. For his work, Edgar Snow is still remembered in China to this day as a symbol of international friendship, a sign that we can get along for the greater good.
Red Star Over China told the story of the Communists from their point of view, in their own words, without being taken over by editorializing or bias on the part of Snow himself, a technique popular in Western news reports on China in 1936, and still popular today in 2022.
So why is a book that was published 85 years ago, by a man who died 50 years ago, still so important today? For many, it’s because Red Star Over China is an increasingly rare situation where Westerners have represented China fully and fairly, allowing the world to see behind the dramatic headlines and biased copy. For his work, Edgar Snow is still remembered in China to this day as a symbol of international friendship, a sign that we can get along for the greater good.
