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5 unusual facts about Luding Bridge


Luding Bridge

The very first description of the battle, given by Edgar Snow in Red Star Over China in 1937, cited three deaths.

The British-Chinese writer Jung Chang and her historian husband, Jon Halliday, in their 2005 biography of Mao, Mao: The Unknown Story, write that there was no battle at Luding Bridge.

The area containing Luding bridge was controlled by the warlord Liu Wenhui (刘文辉), who fought the civil wars in Sichuan Province against his own nephew, the warlord Liu Xiang (刘湘).

Yang Sen had allied with the second largest Sichuanese warlord, Liu Xiang (刘湘).

Moxi Town

The town also featured in the Battle of Luding Bridge in 1935 when some of those who fought in the battle including Mao Zedong met in Moxi and stayed the night when the army marched through before heading north.



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