Along with Pearl S. Buck's The Good Earth (1931), it was the most influential book on Western understanding of China as well as the most influential book on Western sympathy for Red China in the 1930s.
Bersama dengan The Good Earth (1931) karya Pearl Buck, buku tersebut merupakan buku paling berpengaruh tentang pengertian dan simpati Barat terhadap Tentara Merah China pada 1930an.