Foreword: With the development of our country getting better and better, the domestic living environment is getting better and better, and many foreigners want to live in China every year.
However, China has experienced too many difficulties in developing to the current situation, and in the difficult situation at that time, in addition to Chinese its own struggle, it has also received the attention of many international people, including the famous Snow.
The year 1935 was a crucial year for the revolutionary contingent led by the leaders at the time, who had endured many hardships and finally reached northern Shaanxi and had a chance to breathe.
After a temporary stabilization, the leader had an idea that he felt that something important had to go down in history, so he wanted to hire a reporter to record the past. After thinking about it again, the leader contacted Song Qingling, who was far away in Shanghai.
There is a reason why the leader found Song Qingling, Song Qingling has a high prestige in the political circles, if this person is invited by Song Qingling, then the relevant politicians do not dare to act rashly.
After receiving the leader's commission, Song Qingling immediately thought of Snow, an American journalist who had interviewed him.
Snow, whose full name is Edgar Snow, was born in 1905 in Kansas, where snow's family runs a printing house and local newspapers are also printed.
The appearance of journalist Snow
So from a very young age, Snow was constantly exposed to news reports and developed a very strong interest. After finishing high school, Snow entered the American Academy of Arts and Journalism.
During his studies, Snow developed a great interest in China, which was far away from the ocean.
So in 1928, Snow came to China, and after coming to China, Snow found the then alumni Powell through the introduction of alumni.
Powell worked as editor-in-chief of a review newspaper in Shanghai, and Snow chose to stay as an assistant editor after a conversation, and the travel plan for a few days became permanent.
This job allowed Snow to successfully travel to many cities in China, but the overall environment in China at that time was not good, and Snow personally felt the pain of Chinese, at the same time, during his time in Shanghai, he also met a very important friend, this person is Song Qingling.
Snow's remarkable ability to impress Snow, and it is precisely because of his relationship with Soong That after the outbreak of the battle in 1932, Snow became a war correspondent and personally entered the scene of the battle. In the course of this report, Snow personally saw the spirit of the Chinese military and civilians fighting in blood, he was completely impressed, and let Snow know about the mysterious force at that time: the Chinese revolutionary team.
This aroused Snow's keen interest, and he always wanted to get in touch with the revolutionary ranks for himself. At the same time, the leader's request to Song Qingling also made Song Qingling think of Snow, who was particularly interested in China, and the two hit it off, and Snow officially decided to go to the northern Shaanxi base area.
In fact, before setting out, Snow was still very nervous, on the one hand, he was not familiar with the environment there, on the other hand, the political circles had been maliciously misinterpreting the revolutionary ranks.
So before leaving, Snow injected a full five vaccines before he set off with peace of mind, and Snow took a train from Beiping south to Xi'an first. After arriving in Xi'an, Snow was received by Dong Jianwu, and after Dong Jianwu's secret arrangement, Snow finally entered northern Shaanxi.
As soon as he arrived in northern Shaanxi, Snow was shocked, and he never imagined that it was the prime minister who had come to receive him, and the prime minister had come to see him on horseback. But this was not the most shocking place, Snow was most shocked by the fact that this seemingly inconspicuous revolutionary fighter actually spoke fluent English.
Snow then met with the leader, who, because of the harsh conditions, lived in a dilapidated cave dwelling, which had a great impact on Snow. In his impression, the leader of the army should be very good in all aspects, but the leader who suffered with the military and the people made Snow have another idea.
At that time, the leader was very busy every day, often staying up until two or three o'clock to rest, and the communication between Sino and the leader could only be after two or three o'clock. But Snow was very surprised, although the leader worked very intensively, but he was always energetic and very kind to others.
After many exchanges, Snow was completely impressed by the spirit of the leader, and after knowing the leader, Snow kept interviewing the generals and ordinary soldiers of the revolutionary contingent in northern Shaanxi, and sorted out all the stories of the revolutionary team's four crossings of Chishui and the crossing of the Jinsha River.
In addition to the recording, as a war correspondent, Snow's level of photography is also very good. In the early morning of one day, Snow came to look for the leader, and the leader who had just left the house greeted the sun and looked particularly tall, so Snow suddenly decided to take a photo of the leader, which was the most classic photo of the leader.
Subsequently, the photograph was published in the Miller's Review in November of that year, causing a nationwide sensation. After the photo was released, Snow's report followed closely behind, completely smashing all kinds of smears on the revolutionary ranks by individual parties, and it can be said that Snow single-handedly made the real situation of the revolutionary contingent public.
Time passed in the blink of an eye, and after four months of interviews, Snow once again changed lanes from Xi'an and returned to Beiping. After returning to Beiping, Snow held a conference at Yenching University and gave a detailed account of the interviews in northern Shaanxi to more than 200 students at the time. Snow spared no effort to let more people, especially foreigners, know about the situation of the Chinese revolutionary contingent.
At that time, Snow handed over the book "Red Star Shines on China" compiled by the report to the British company for publication. Who knew that the book was very popular as soon as it was published, and it was released for 5 consecutive editions in a few months, and the impact of the book was so great that even US President Roosevelt personally read it.
Under the influence of this book, many foreign doctors, journalists and even overseas Chinese came to Yan'an one after another, bringing a lot of funds and medical supplies to the revolutionary troops at that time. Among these people was a well-known figure, that is, Bethune, who once wrote in a letter to a friend: "At that time, it was precisely because I saw this "Red Star Shines on China" that I decided to go to China."
Unfortunately, Snow's actions still completely angered Chairman Chiang Kai-shek, especially after Snow's works and reports came to China, which made Chairman Chiang even more dissatisfied, and Snow was forced to leave China, but Snow firmly believed that he would return to China, because his spirit would always remain in China.
After the founding of New China, Snow came to China three times in 1960, 1964 and 1970.
Snow's visit to China
After the founding of new China, Snow's most influential visit to China was in 1964.
In that year, two major events that shook the world were the downfall of Khrushchev and the outbreak of the Chinese atomic bomb. During this visit to China, the prime minister gave Snow the pictures of the atomic bomb explosion, knowing that Snow was the first foreigner to see these materials.
Snow then brought the photos back to Switzerland and immediately announced the successful outbreak of the Chinese atomic bomb, which caused a sensation around the world.
1970 was Snow's last visit to China in his life, and this visit was also due to the invitation he received from the leader.
It turned out that the leader wanted to consult Snow because of China's problems in international relations, and at the same time, he wanted Snow to act as an emissary to open the door to communication and exchanges with the United States, so Snow decided to climb the Tiananmen Tower with the leader on the day of National Day.
After the People's Daily posted a photo of Snow with the leader on Tiananmen Square, it immediately shocked the Americans, but unfortunately, the U.S. government at the time did not understand the signal deeply enough to understand Snow's intentions.
After this visit to China, Snow died of illness, and on the sixth day of Snow's death, Nixon took a special plane from the United States to China, and Sino-US relations officially thawed.
After Snow's death, his wife respected his opinion and sent half of her ashes to China for burial, and this foreign friend, who was inextricably linked to China, also left his spirit in China forever.
The Chinese government gave a high evaluation of Snow's life: "Snow's life has been unremitting efforts to enhance mutual understanding and friendship between the Chinese and American peoples, and he will always live in the hearts of the Chinese people." And for China, Snow has indeed made a great contribution to us.
Maybe in the war years, Snow might have been just a little war correspondent.
However, Snow's various actions directly affected the pattern at that time, and foreign understanding of the Chinese revolutionary contingent and the confirmation of the atomic bomb explosion were all spread through Snow.
Most importantly, countless foreign overseas Chinese and international friends chose to come to China because of Snow's reports.
Until now, Snow's photographs of the leader are still widely used, and they are one of the most classic photos in the life of the leader, and it is worth mentioning that there was also a foreign doctor who went to northern Shaanxi with Snow at that time, who not only married the first beautiful woman in Yan'an at that time, but also the first foreigner to obtain the nationality of new China.