Red Star Over China Quotes

“A look at Chinese history showed that some of China’s ablest patriots were at one time or another labeled bandits.”
― Edgar Snow, Red Star over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism

“in China, where a career of banditry in early youth often indicated a man of strong character and purpose.”
― Edgar Snow, Red Star over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism

“In July, Lin Piao, China’s Minister of Defense, publishes a declaration, “Long Live the Victory of the People’s War!” which calls upon the underdeveloped nations, likened to the “rural areas of the world,” to join forces against American and Western imperialism, the “cities of the world.”
― Edgar Snow, Red Star over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism

“Russians accuse Mao of seeking “world holocaust.”
― Edgar Snow, Red Star over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism

“The truth seemed to be that a revolutionary army anywhere was always in danger of becoming too puritanical, rather than the contrary.”
― Edgar Snow, Red Star over China: The Classic Account of the Birth of Chinese Communism