BEIJING, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- When he was still a child, Eric Foster made a quiet promise to himself that one day he would go to China. This personal pledge stemmed from Foster having heard stories about his uncle, American journalist Edgar Snow, and his wife Helen Foster Snow.
Helen helped organize manuscripts and research materials, making significant contributions to the publication of Snow's 1937 classic, "Red Star Over China." In April 1937, Helen traveled to northern Shaanxi in the northwest of China to interview leaders of the Communist Party of China, and she later authored "Inside Red China." Together, these two books allowed the world to know better of Chinese revolution and inspired countless others.
Decades later, Foster
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