Fascinating stories of the men and women President Xi praised at the UK parliament
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2. Deceased Lord of Bitker Michael Lindsay took part in the Chinese War of Resistance against Japan.
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Michael Lindsay (left) and wife Hsiao Li (right) smuggled supplies into China to help war efforts. |
Michael Lindsay graduated from Oxford University in 1931. Invited by Yenching University, Lindsay came to China to teach at the end of 1937. Outraged by Japan’s invasion he joined the Chinese people’s resistance against Japanese forces and helped smuggle supplies to guerrilla fighters.
In 1941 Lindsay and his wife left Beijing for the Jinchaji base and became a full-time radio technician. He helped the Eighth Route Army building antenna and transmitter connections from Yan’an to San Francisco, reporting the true situation of the Communist Party fighting against the Japanese invaders. In the meantime Lindsay also wrote many articles and took photos of the resistance war for mainstream media like The Times. After the war he kept on studying Chinese history and politics and published a book on the Sino-Japanese War.
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Michael Lindsay, his wife Hsiao Li, and their two children in Oxford, December 1945. (File photo provided by James Lindsay) |
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