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Mao's Long March

01/05/2014 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Mao's Long March

In 1934 Mao Zedong led tens of thousands of his followers on an epic march across China

In 1934 Mao Zedong led tens of thousands of his communist followers on an epic journey across China to escape the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-Shek.

In 1934 Mao Zedong led some eighty-six thousand communist followers on an epic journey across China to escape the nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-Shek. Tens of thousands died on the year-long retreat, which became known as the Long March. We hear from Zhong Ming, one of the few survivors still alive. 

(Photo: Communist leader Mao Zedong (left) during the Long March. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images)

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