Title: Chen Duxiu's last articles and letters, 1937-1942
First published: 1998
Description: Chen Duxiu (1879-1942) founded the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, after a revolutionary career in the movement that overthrew the Manchus and brought in the Republic. Between 1915 and 1919, he led the remarkable New Culture Movement that electrified student youth and laid the intellectual foundations for modern China. In 1929, he helped found the Chinese Trotskyist Opposition, which he then led. In 1932 he went to prison for seeking to overthrow the government.

Between his release in 1937 and his death in 1942, he wrote the letters and articles collected in this volume.
Subjects: Correspondence, Communists, Politicians, Hawaii, biography, Communism, china
Places: China
People: Tu-hsiu Chʻen (1879-1942)
LC classification: DS777.15.C5 A4 1998