About the Book: Red Dawn Over China: How Communism Conquered a Quarter of
Humanity
The history of modern China has long been portrayed as a tale of Communists
fighting in the hills for freedom, gradually gaining popular support by taking
land from the rich and giving it to the poor. Drawing on a wealth of archival
evidence, Red Dawn Over China reveals how unlikely the Partys victory actually
was, had it not been for financial and military support from the Soviet Union.
Established in 1921 under the direct guidance of Moscow, for the best part of a
decade the Communist Party left a