Command on a piece of cloth - Election archival document of the year
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.