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   Edgar Snow(1905—1972) was an American reporter. He is best known for his books and 1．（文章）on Communism in China and the Chinese Communist revolution.

Snow came to China in 1928. He spent over 10 years 2．（旅行）widely in China and trying to understand its people. At the same time, he tried to show what he learned to the rest of the world.

For 3．（例子）, Red Star Over China, which came out in the 1930s, is known as the first book that introduced China’s revolution to the west. In it, Snow 4．（收集）firsthand information on the Long March, as well as on the work and lifestyle of members of the Communist Party of China in Shaanxi Province.

Many Westerners were introduced to the Party through his book. Norman Bethune, a 5．（加拿大的）doctor, came to China after reading Snow’s book. He worked 6．（努力地）to save the lives of Chinese soldiers during World War I.

“When the 7．（整个的）world had forgotten us, Snow came to see us and told the world what had happened. We will remember Snow’s great help to China forever,” Chairman Mao said during an 8．（采访）with a German reporter in 1938.

Snow’s spirit is still needed now, as well as in the 9．（将来）, according to People’s Daily. “No writer has spoken more 10．（强烈地）about Sino-US relations than Edgar Snow. And no matter the era, people around the world always need some sort of link,” the paper said.