The Legacy
Mao's Red Army was 86,000 strong when it set off on the Long March in October 1934. Barely 6,000 were left by the time they finished a year later in Shaanxi. We look at its legacy.
The end of the Long March and our journey is in Shaanxi province. When Mao started he was looked down on as an ill-educated son of a farmer. By the time it had finished he'd taken control of the Communist Party of China and used the base in Shaanxi to cement a hold on power that would last for four decades. Mao called the march "a manifesto", a symbol of the endurance needed to build a new China. In this 80th anniversary year we look at the lasting legacy of the March and how its roots still reach to the highest levels in the Chinese Communist Party.
Producer: Phil Pegum.
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- Wed 12 Mar 2014 11:00主播大秀 Radio 4
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