Long March

the 6000-mi. (9654-km) retreat of the Chinese Communist party and Red Army from southeastern China (Jiangxi province) to the northwest (Yanan in Shaanxi province) in 1934-35, during which Mao Zedong became leader of the Communist party.

[trans. of Chin chángzheng]

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the epic withdrawal of the Chinese communists from southeastern to northwestern China in 1934 - 35, over a distance of 6,000 miles (9,600 km). 100,000 people, led by Mao Zedong, left the communist rural base after it was almost destroyed by the Kuomintang; 20,000 people survived the journey