The March that Changed China Forever | Breaking Through, Episode 1

China Global Television Network (CGTN) - Oct 13, 2026

Facing overwhelming odds, in October 1934 some 86,000 Red Army troops began a journey that would change Chinese history. What would become the Long March was described by American journalist Edgar Snow, in his book Red Star Over China, as "an odyssey unequaled in modern times."

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