The 1,000-Mile Trek: How Chinese University Students Fled Invasion and Founded Lianda in 1938

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This article recounts the remarkable 1938 journey of hundreds of students and faculty from three elite Chinese universities (Peking, Tsinghua, and Nankai) who, fleeing the Japanese invasion, united into Lianda (Provisional University) and trekked 1,000 miles from Changsha to Kunming through treacherous terrain. It follows former journalist Yang Xiao's 2018 re-creation of that historic walk, weaving together past and present to explore themes of resilience, education under duress, and the enduring spirit of intellectual pursuit in wartime China.

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