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Chapters: Michael Halliday, Mao Dun, Fan Changjiang, Jonny Blu, K. Natwar Singh, Bo Xilai, Zhang Chengzhi, Zhang Guotao, Dashan, Han Suyin, Shen Tong, Feng Youlan, Xu Zhimo, Wang Dan, Li Ning, Justin Yifu Lin, Shu Chien, Ky Fan, Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Li Yinhe, Jennifer Zeng, Paul Fonoroff, Gang Tian, Ted Lipman, Chen Xitong, Zhu Qianzhi, Robin Li, Yu Pingbo, Kefeng Liu, Li Na, Wang Xuan, John Worrall, Shiyi Chen, Li Zhaoxing, Xiong Yan, Liangchi Zhang, Ping Li, Junying Yu, Wu Guoguang, Hsiang-Tung Chang, Zhu Ziqing, Lin Zhao, Henry Fan, Luo Jialun. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 169. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Fan Changjiang (Trad.:, Simp.:) (1909~Oct 1970), originally named Fan Xitian (Trad.: , Simp.: ), was a famous journalist, reporter and author in China. Fan was born in Sichuan Province () and educated at Peking University (). Fan committed suicide in Henan Province at the age of 61. Fan started his career as a journalist in 1933. He was sent to the northwest of China by Da Gong Bao () as a string correspondent in 1935. At that time, he editorialized a series of news which sensationalized the public. These pieces of news were later anthologized in a book called The North Western Part of China . In this book, he described the Communist Party of China (CPC), the activities of Red Army and the Long March. Besides that, Fan Changjiang showed his determination and strong animosity towards feudalism warlords, rich landowners and bad scholars in this book. Meanwhile, he concerned with the development of Chinas future and also sympathized those who suffered from the political turmoil. In 1936, when the political scene became chaotic and the first Chinese civil war (1928-1937) started, he went to the Inner Mongolia() for observation. In December, when the famous Xi'an Incident...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1032189