TV series "Red Star Over China" to be aired in Oct.

BEIJING, April 20, 2016 -- Photo taken on Jan. 11, 2016 shows a portrait of the leading role Edgar Parks Snow in a television series "Red Star Over China". "Red Star Over China" is a Chinese television series based on American journalist Edgar Parks Snow (July.17, 1905-Feb. 15, 1972) who witnessed great changes of China during his stay in China from 1928 to 1941. Edgar Snow was the first Western journalist giving a full account of the history of the Communist Party of China following the Long March, and interviewing many of its leaders, including Mao Zedong. He was best known for his book "Red Star Over China", on the basis of what he saw and heard while reporting the Chinese revolution from the northwest China revolutionary base area with Yan'an as the heart in the 1930s. The book was first published in England in 1937. In the show, Edgar Snow is portrayed by George Christopher Tronsrue (U.S.), his wife Helen Foster Snow by Elyse Ribbons (U.S.), Mao Zedong by Huang Haibing (China) and Soong Ching-ling by Deng Ying (China). The show started filming on Jan. 17, 2016 and is expected to be aired on CCTV (China Central Television) channel 1 in October, to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the Long March. (Xinhua)