Read this during CNY. Summary - Edgar Snow snuck across battle lines in late 1936, and became the first foreign reporter who lived with, and interviewed the Chinese communist rand and file, leaders, and Mao himself over a four-month period. Red Star over China is his account of interviews, observations, and a few personal hair-raising experiences. A unique snapshot in time showing his impressions of the communists and what they wanted him to take away from his experience.