Si Nuo's Westward Route, the Long March Route and the Major Events in The Red Star Shines on China.

Si Nuo westbound route: Xi 'an → Jingyang → Sanyuan → Chunhua → Xunyi → Yijun → Huangling → Luochuan → Fuxian → Ganquan → Yan 'an.

Long March route: Ruijin → Breaking through the enemy's four defense lines → Forcing crossing Wujiang River → Occupy Zunyi → Forcing crossing Chishui River → Skillfully crossing Jinsha River → Forcing crossing Dadu River → Flying Luding Bridge → Crossing Snow Mountain → Crossing Grassland → Joining Wuqi in Northern Shaanxi → Joining Huining in Gansu.

Major events: Xi Incident, flying over Luding Bridge, crossing Dadu River, crossing Jinsha River, etc.

Extended data creation background:

From June of 1936 to June of 10, the author made an on-the-spot investigation in the northwest revolutionary base area, and completed the writing of Red Star over China according to the first-hand materials he had mastered. As a western journalist, Si Nuo made an objective evaluation of the revolutions in the Communist Party of China (CPC) and China and made a fair report to the whole world.

Si Nuo had many long talks with Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, and collected the first-hand information of the 25,000-mile Long March. In addition, he also conducted on-the-spot investigation, went deep into the Red Army soldiers and ordinary people, and made an extensive and in-depth investigation on the military and civilian life, local political reform, customs and habits in the Soviet area.

During the four-month interview, he wrote 14 notebooks. At the end of 10, Si Nuo returned to Beiping from northern Shaanxi with his interview materials, films and photos. After several months of writing, the English version of Red Star over China and the Chinese version of reportage Red Star over China were finally born.