• From Dabodi to Donggu: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan Continues (February 1929)

  • Oct 19 2023
  • Length: 21 mins
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From Dabodi to Donggu: The Retreat from the Jinggangshan Continues (February 1929)

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  • The Mao-Zhu Army raises funds in Ningdu and moves on to the Donggu base area for rest and recovery. Background on Donggu.

    Link to map of Jiangxi province: https://www.chinamaps.org/china/provincemaps/jiangxi-province-map.html

    Further reading:
    Stuart Schram, ed., Mao’s Road to Power, vol. 3: From the Jinggangshan to the Establishment of the Jiangxi Soviets, July 1927-December 1930
    Pang Xianzhi and Jin Chongji, Mao Zedong: A Biography, vol. 1: 1893-1949
    Agnes Smedley, The Great Road: The Life and Times of Chu Teh [Zhu De]
    Joseph Fewsmith, Forging Leninism in China: Mao and the Remaking of the Chinese Communist Party, 1927–1934

    Some names from this episode:
    Wang Chuxi, big landlord in Donggu area who lived in Futian
    Ye Jianying, Communist who led division of the National Revolutionary Army which took Ji’an during the Northern Expedition
    Duan Qifeng, Donggu bandit chief who joined with Communists
    Wang Zuo, Bandit leader who joined with Mao Zedong
    Lai Jingbang, first leader of the Donggu communists
    Wang Liangzhao, younger brother to Wang Chuxi

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