Command on a piece of cloth
How the Chinese Communist Party moved to Canton by means of a Dutchman
PHILIP, pseudonym of the Dutch international revolutionary Henk Sneevliet, travelled to China on behalf of the Russian communists in July 1922. Sewn into his coat was this command on a piece of cloth. With it he succesfully convinced the Chinese Communist party, of which he was one of the founding fathers, to work together with the nationalists in Canton. The Chinese communists moved their headquarters from Shanghai to Canton, only to move back to Shanghai one year later.
Until now Sneevliet is a well-known and respected historical figure in China. In 2009 an exhibition on his life was organized and another one is coming ahead in 2017. The Henk Sneevliet archives are housed at the IISH, Amsterdam. The Command on a Piece of Cloth is part of that archive.
https://www.stukvanhetjaar.nl/en/iisg
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