{"product_id":"9781788735667","title":"Red Friends: Internationalists in China's Struggle for Liberation","description":"Author: Sexton, John\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781788735667\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 30 May 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 400 Format: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FLOAT- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; DISPLAY- inline !important; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003eChina's resistance to Imperial Japan was the other great internationalist cause of the 'red 1930s', along with the Spanish Civil War. These desperate and bloody struggles were personified in the lives of Norman Bethune and others who volunteered in both conflicts. The story of\u003cspan\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003eRed Friends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FLOAT- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; DISPLAY- inline !important; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003estarts in the 1920s when, encouraged by the newly formed Communist International, Chinese nationalists and leftists united to fight warlords and foreign domination.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FLOAT- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; DISPLAY- inline !important; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003eJohn Sexton has unearthearthed the histories of foreigners who joined the Chinese revolution. He follows Comintern militants, journalists, spies, adventurers, Trotskyists, and mission kids whose involvement helped, and sometimes hindered, China's revolutionaries. Most were internationalists who, while strongly identifying with China's struggle, saw it as just one theatre in a world revolution. The present rulers in Beijing, however, buoyed by China's powerhouse economy, commemorate them as 'foreign friends' who aided China's 'peaceful rise' to great power status.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e\u003cbr style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e\u003ci style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003eRed Friends\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FLOAT- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; DISPLAY- inline !important; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003eis part of Verso's growing China list, which includes\u003cspan\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003eChina's Revolution in the Modern World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FLOAT- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; DISPLAY- inline !important; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e      \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003eChina in One Village\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"FONT-SIZE- 11px; FONT-FAMILY- Poppins, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE- normal; WORD-SPACING- 0px; TEXT-TRANSFORM- none; FLOAT- none; FONT-WEIGHT- 400; COLOR- rgb(0,0,0); FONT-STYLE- normal; ORPHANS- 2; WIDOWS- 2; DISPLAY- inline !important; LETTER-SPACING- normal; TEXT-INDENT- 0px; font-variant-ligatures- normal; font-variant-caps- normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width- 0px; text-decoration-thickness- initial; text-decoration-style- initial; text-decoration-color- initial\"\u003e. Founded on original research, it is a stirring story of idealists struggling against the odds to found a better future. The author's interviews with survivors and descendants add colour and humanity to lives both heroic and tragic.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46636873810078,"sku":"UBD-9781788735667","price":49.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781788735667.jpg?v=1774398316","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781788735667","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}