American journalist's photos and writing rekindle China's wartime memories
Xinhua | July 28, 2025


This scanned copy of a file photo taken by American journalist Agnes Smedley in February of 1940 shows Sheng Guohua (front row, looking down) posing for a group photo with some members of a children's troupe that accompanied the New Fourth Army's Henan-Hubei Detachment (the predecessor of the Fifth Division) at its base in central China's Hubei Province. (New Fourth Army's Fifth Division Memorial/Handout via Xinhua)


