Ep. 62 | Four Noted Foreigners Buried at Babaoshan

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 October 2011

⏱️ 35 minutes

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This time we take a look at four Westerners who committed their lives to the People’s Republic of China. These four foreigners, Agnes Smedley, Anna Louise Strong, George Hatem and Israel Epstein were all friends of China and were admired by China’s leaders. Upon their deaths they were given the honor of internment at China’s continue reading >> Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.3	Hi everyone, Lausla Montgomery here again. Still coming your way as always from the China History Podcast.com, rated one of the top
0:56.6	100 China History related podcasts in the world. We sort of come to you each week, well not this time, featuring random topics from China's thousands of years of history.
1:08.0	Last week we lingered around 1949, 1950 and looked at the first 12 months or so of the PRC. Today we're going to move
1:17.3	the dial back just a little and cover the lives of four individuals, all Westerners, who committed their lives to the People's Republic.
1:26.8	Their commitment to the Chinese nation was so strong that upon their deaths they received
1:32.3	what amounts to one of the greatest of honors and
1:35.0	that is to be buried in China's Bapal Shan Cemetery.
1:39.4	This cemetery located in Western Beijing is to China what, let's say Arlington National is to the American conscience.
1:49.0	Lots of heroes, leaders, and martyrs from China have their final resting place in this hollowed ground.
1:56.4	All four of these people that we're going to discuss today are more than worthy of their
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