Former Residence Of General Peng DeHuai 20150404_122118

Former Residence Of General Peng DeHuai

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May 3rd 2015
Hi All, Day two of our tour of Communist Party heroes. Peng DeHuai. Peng DeHuai was a a professional soldier who came from a poor farming family near Xiangtan in Hunan. He started a s a soldier for the local warlord and later joined the Red Army and aligned himself with Mao Zedong and Zhu De. General Peng, as he was to become, was a very good commander, being a straight talker and nort taking f ... read more

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For centuries China stood as a leading civilization, outpacing the rest of the world in the arts and sciences, but in the 19th and early 20th centuries, the country was beset by civil unrest, major famines, military defeats, and foreign occupation. A... ... read more