Rewi Alley
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Rewi Alley was a New Zealand-born writer and political activist. A member of the Chinese Communist Party, he dedicated 60 years of his life to the cause and was a key figure in the establishment of Ch
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Memorial plaque at Christchurch Boys' High School, Alley's 100th birthday.
Sculpture of Rewi Alley by Yuan Xikun unveiled at the Christchurch Art Centre in June 2024.
Edgar Snow
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Edgar Parks Snow was an American journalist known for his books and articles on communism in China and the Chinese Communist Revolution. He was the first Western journalist to give an account of the h
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…1937, Alley set up the Chinese Industrial Cooperatives. He also set up schools, which he called Bailie Schools after his American friend Joseph Bailie. Edgar Snow wrote of Alley's work in the CIC: "Where Lawrence brought to the Arabs the distinctive technique of guerilla war, Alley was to bring China the constructive…
Snow in 1936
Edgar Snow with Mao Zedong and Liu Shaoqi in Beijing in 1960.
Half of Edgar Snow's ashes are buried on the campus of Peking University, Beijing, alongside Weiming Lake.