{"product_id":"red-friends-internationalists-in-chinas-struggle-for-liberation-hardcover","title":"Red Friends: Internationalists in China's Struggle for Liberation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Sexton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe story of the friends and allies of the Chinese Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChina's resistance to Imperial Japan was the other great internationalist cause of the 'red 1930s', along with the Spanish Civil War. These desperate and bloody struggles were personified in the lives of Norman Bethune and others who volunteered in both conflicts. The story of \u003ci\u003eRed Friends\u003c\/i\u003e starts in the 1920s when, encouraged by the newly formed Communist International, Chinese nationalists and leftists united to fight warlords and foreign domination. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJohn Sexton has unearthearthed the histories of foreigners who joined the Chinese revolution. He follows Comintern militants, journalists, spies, adventurers, Trotskyists, and mission kids whose involvement helped, and sometimes hindered, China's revolutionaries. Most were internationalists who, while strongly identifying with China's struggle, saw it as just one theatre in a world revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe present rulers in Beijing, however, buoyed by China's powerhouse economy, commemorate them as 'foreign friends' who aided China's 'peaceful rise' to great power status. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFounded on original research, it is a stirring story of idealists struggling against the odds to found a better future. The author's interviews with survivors and descendants add colour and humanity to lives both heroic and tragic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Sexton has translated many Russian and Chinese texts on the history of Communism. His publications include \u003ci\u003eContemporary China\u003c\/i\u003e on Deng Xiaoping's economic reforms, \u003ci\u003eAlliance of Adversaries\u003c\/i\u003e, on the early Comintern's often troubled pacts with nationalist and anti-imperialist parties, and a forthcoming volume of translations of the political writings of Zheng Chaolin, a revolutionary socialist who was jailed by Mao for 27 years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.34 x 9.21 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42170129449095,"sku":"9781788735667","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/73959fdbbf4eb4b9ffdd420a35136bbd.webp?v=1733346180","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/red-friends-internationalists-in-chinas-struggle-for-liberation-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}