{"id":27317,"date":"2016-10-14T13:51:33","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T00:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nzcfs.adminmouse.co.nz\/?p=27317"},"modified":"2016-11-04T05:52:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T16:52:56","slug":"a-chronology-of-rewi-alleys-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/a-chronology-of-rewi-alleys-life\/","title":{"rendered":"A Chronology of Rewi Alley\u2019s Life"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Rewi
Rewi Alley with Chinese boys. Oil painting by Deng Bangzhen (one of Rewi’s adopted boys), located in Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. \u00a0Photo by Mark Beatty, Imaging Services, NLNZ,\u00a0Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Based mainly on the chronology in \u201cRewi Alley \u2013 An Autobiography<\/strong>\u201d, Second edition 1987 (New Zealand). Published and printed by New World Press, Beijing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Early Years in New Zealand 1897-1927<\/h2>\n

1897,\u00a0<\/strong>December 2nd: \u00a0 Born, the third of a seven-child family, in Springfield, Canterbury, New Zealand<\/a><\/p>\n

1902-1905:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Attended Primary School in Amberley<\/a><\/p>\n

1906:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Moved to Lower Riccarton, Christchurch (near Wharenui School, which Rewi attended and where his father taught)\u00a0<\/p>\n

1912:<\/strong>\u00a0 \u00a0Entered\u00a0Christchurch Boys\u2019 High School<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Christchurch
Christchurch Boy’s High School rowing four 1915. \u00a0Back row from left – D N Waghorn. W M Stewart (Coach).\u00a0Middle row, from left – Rewi Alley,<\/strong>\u00a0W A Fraser, A F McArthur. Front – A S Haines (Cox). \u00a0Ref: PA1-q-662-11-3. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http:\/\/natlib.govt.nz\/records\/22523965<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1916:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0 Enrolled in the\u00a0First NZ Expeditionary Force<\/a>, understating his age (as 19, when he was 18). \u00a0<\/p>\n

1917:<\/strong>\u00a0 On the way to Europe, in Cape Town he was involved with the New Zealand soldiers tipping trams over in protest\u00a0at\u00a0the ‘colour-bar’ treatment of fellow Maoris. (Rewi only watching as he had\u00a0a broken arm in a sling).<\/p>\n

\"Rewi
Rewi Alley in military uniform. Ref: PA1-q-662-11-2. \u00a0Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http:\/\/natlib.govt.nz\/records\/23064002<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1918,\u00a0<\/strong>January: \u00a0Despatched from England to fight with the 12th Nelson Company of the First Canterbury Regiment in the Ypres Salient<\/a>. \u00a0Rewi\u00a0had an object lesson in that, having been\u00a0persuaded to\u00a0rescue a seemingly dead soldier, the spot where the soldier had been lying received a direct artillery hit..<\/p>\n

March: \u00a0Sent down to Gommecourt<\/a>, where he received a shrapnel wound to the shoulder. \u00a0<\/p>\n

August: \u00a0On to the Somme, where Rewi, as acting NCO, performed effective information-gathering under fire. \u00a0For this he was awarded the Military Medal. \u00a0At Cambrai<\/a>, while occupying enemy positions, was hit in the thigh by tank-fire shrapnel that passed through his\u00a0hip\u00a0and out near the backbone\u00a0causing severe urogenital damage and likely impotency (ref: article<\/a> by Maurice Alley, his nephew).<\/p>\n

November: \u00a0Returned to New Zealand after the First World War<\/p>\n

1920:\u00a0<\/strong>Worked on Taranaki Farm, near\u00a0\u00a0Waverley<\/a>, North Island, New Zealand, until economy forced him to walk off the land.<\/p>\n

1926, <\/strong>November: \u00a0 Returned to Christchurch<\/p>\n

December: \u00a0 Left NZ for China via Australia<\/p>\n

1927, \u00a0<\/strong>January-March: \u00a0Worked at a\u00a0fertiliser factory in Sydney<\/p>\n

In Shanghai – 1927-38<\/h2>\n

1927<\/strong>, April 12: \u00a0Chiang Kai-shek started the ‘White Terror’, a purge of Communists and sympathisers, in Shanghai<\/p>\n

April 21: \u00a0 Rewi arrived in Shanghai, via Hong Kong\u00a0<\/p>\n

Worked for\u00a0the municipal council of the International Settlement as fire inspector and, later, chief factory inspector<\/p>\n

\"Sinza
Sinza Fire Station HQ staff, Shanghai, China. [Rewi is right in second row]. \u00a0Ref: PA1-f-148-208-3. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, http:\/\/natlib.govt.nz\/records\/22795281<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1929,\u00a0<\/strong>Summer: \u00a0Helped the work of China International Famine Relief Commission<\/strong> in Suiyuan<\/a> during annual leave; met Edgar Snow<\/a> on the way to Salaqi<\/a>, Inner Mongolia.\u00a0\u00a0 Adopted Alan (Duan Simou<\/em>) in Shanghai<\/p>\n

1928-31:\u00a0<\/strong>Travelled to Korea, Japan and many parts of East China during holidays<\/p>\n

1932,\u00a0<\/strong>Spring: \u00a0Went to Hubei during home leave to help flood relief work; brought wheat loan to Honghu Lake<\/a> region. \u00a0Adopted Mike (Li Xue<\/em>).<\/p>\n

March: \u00a0Home visit to NZ with Alan<\/p>\n

September: \u00a0Back to Shanghai via Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Year\u2019s end: \u00a0 Met Agnes Smedley<\/a> and began contacts with progressives.<\/p>\n

1933: \u00a0<\/strong>Met Mme\u00a0Soong Chingling<\/a> and Dr George Hatem (Ma Haide<\/em><\/a>).<\/p>\n

1934: \u00a0<\/strong>Joined the first International Study Group in Shanghai and took part in clandestine work.<\/p>\n

An ‘underground’ radio was installed in his house on Yuyuan Road to link with the Red Army.<\/p>\n

1936: \u00a0<\/strong>Began to contribute articles to the fortnightly Voice of China<\/em>\u00a0(the organ of the League for National Salvation, headed by Mme. Soong Chingling, widow of Sun Yat Sen)\u00a0published by Max Granich.<\/p>\n

September: Went to Taiyuan<\/a> to help exchange Shanxi local bank notes captured by the Red Army.<\/p>\n

1937, \u00a0<\/strong>Early months: Went to New Zealand and then made a round-the-world trip for inspection of factory security conditions.<\/p>\n

October: \u00a0Returned to Shanghai after the outbreak of the War of Resistance against Japan [Battle of Shanghai<\/a>: August 13, 1937 \u2013 November 26, 1937]\u00a0.<\/p>\n

November:\u00a0Supported Alan and Mike to go to Yan\u2019an<\/a>.<\/p>\n

China’s Gung Ho (Industrial Co-operatives) 1938-1942<\/h2>\n

1938: \u00a0<\/strong>Together with Edgar Snow<\/a> and and his wife Peg Snow\u00a0initiated the Gung Ho Movement for industrial co-operatives in unoccupied China.<\/p>\n

April: \u00a0Joined in setting up the Committee for the Promotion of Industrial Co-operatives in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

May: \u00a0Resigned from the Shanghai Municipal Council and went to Wuhan via Hong Kong for organising Gung Ho. \u00a0Exchanged views with Zhao Enlai<\/a> and Bo Gu<\/a>, who supported the idea;\u00a0met Chiang Kai-shek’s wife,\u00a0Soong Meiling<\/a> and got permission from the Kuomintang Government<\/a> to start Gung Ho<\/a> work.<\/p>\n

\"Newspaper<\/a>
Newspaper cutting about \u201cRewi Alley, factory problem expert to work in Hankou [Hankow]\u201d, July 1938.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

August: Served as Acting Secretary General when the Association of Chinese Industrial Co-operatives<\/a> was officially set up in Wuhan<\/a>; \u00a0was appointed Technical Adviser to the Executive Yuan [Cabinet].<\/p>\n

December: \u00a0Travelled to Guangxi, Hunan, then to Chiang Kai-shek’s war capital in Chongqing.<\/p>\n

1939<\/strong>,\u00a0January: \u00a0Was made Field Secretary of the International Committee for Promotion of Gung Ho<\/a> in Hong Kong, headed by Mme Soong Chingling;\u00a0went to Hong Kong after its founding meeting for funds to start work in S.E. China; returned to Ganxian<\/a>.<\/p>\n

January-February: \u00a0Travelled with the Indian Medical Team from Chongqing to Yan\u2019an; met Mao Zedong; set up the Gung Ho office in Yulin<\/a>, Shaanxi province.<\/p>\n

May: \u00a0Inspected Gung Ho work in Fujian<\/a>, Anhui<\/a> and Zhejiang<\/a>; caught typhoid and malaria and returned to Ganzhou<\/a>, \u00a0sick in bed for two months.<\/p>\n

July: \u00a0Hiked to Songpan<\/a> from Chongqing to organise wool buying with the One Million Army Blanket Project.<\/p>\n

1940,\u00a0<\/strong>January – February: \u00a0Attended the Second Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition of the Border Region in Yan\u2019an; met Mao Zedong and talked about aid to He Long<\/a>\u2019s guerrillas in Shanxi.<\/p>\n

Spring: \u00a0Inspected Gung Ho work in the South West.<\/p>\n

July: \u00a0In Chongching for the Gung Ho Products Exhibition. Went to Hong Kong for the second Gung Ho International Committtee meeting; \u00a0was hospitalised after an attack of malaria.<\/p>\n

Autumn: \u00a0To Manila to speak on Gung Ho; met the Snows and returned with Evans Carlson<\/a> for a long journey to the new Fourth Army area, passing through Guangdong, Fujian, Jianxi and Zhejiang; continued the inspection tour to Guilin, Liuzhou, Guiyang and Chongching.<\/p>\n

\"Rewi
Rewi with Mr and Mrs Edgar Snow and reporter, James Bertram in the Philippines, raising donations for CIC in 1940. \u00a0Photo donated by Shanghai Archives (http:\/\/nzchinasociety.org.nz\/17096\/rewi-alley-in-china\/<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1941: \u00a0<\/strong>Went to Singapore en route to Burma to bring back trucks shipped from the US; returned to China by way of Burma Road.<\/p>\n

November: \u00a0\u00a0Attended the Gung Ho Products Exhibition and Carnival in Hong Kong; back to Chongxin<\/a>, Gansu province, on the eve of the Pearl Harbour Incident.<\/p>\n

1942: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>Spent more and more time on Bailie School projects to train young Gung Ho cadres; \u00a0worked together with George Hogg who became Dean of the now-defunct Bailie School in Shuangshipu, Shaanxi.<\/p>\n

September:\u00a0Was discharged by the Executive Yuan from the post of Gung Ho Technical Adviser but continued to work as Field Secretary of the International Committee.<\/p>\n

1943<\/strong>,\u00a0Autumn: \u00a0\u00a0Met Joseph Needham<\/a> in Shuangshipu and travelled with him to explore West Gansu; \u00a0found a new site in the Gobi Desert County of Shandan for the proposed relocation of the Shuanshipu School.<\/p>\n

December: \u00a0Led the advanced party to Shandan to arrange housing for the new school.<\/p>\n

1944<\/strong>,\u00a0February: \u00a0Completed the move of the Shuangshipu School and started building up the Bailie School in Shandan with George Hogg as headmaster.<\/p>\n

Went to Chongqing to win financial support from the Gung Ho International Committee for the school.<\/p>\n

\"Map
Map of Shandan Bailie School printed on cloth\u00a0by Shandan boys of the machine shops, etc., at the Shandan Bailie school in Gansu, China, which was founded and directed by Rewi Alley. 1960s? [Rhodes, Harold Winston, 1905-1987. \u00a0Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand, Ref: D-014-001. http:\/\/natlib.govt.nz\/records\/23103266<\/a>]<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1945<\/strong>,\u00a0July: \u00a0\u00a0Became headmaster after George Hogg died of tentanus; remained in Shandan till after the Liberation [September 9, 1945<\/a>], except for a 10-day visit in mid-1947 to Shanghai to discuss schoolwork.<\/p>\n

1949<\/strong>, \u00a0September: \u00a0Was asked immediately after the Liberation of Shandan to organise school trucks and transport boys to bring PLA troops to liberate the Yumen Oil Field<\/a>.<\/p>\n

October 1: \u00a0People’s Republic of China established<\/p>\n

Mid-November: \u00a0Met\u00a0Peng Dehuai<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Jiuquan<\/a>, Gansu, who expressed appreciation for the support given to PLA, and the work done for training young technicians at Shandan.<\/p>\n

1951<\/strong>,\u00a0January:\u00a0Went to Beijing to attend the first Gung Ho meeting after Liberation; remained in Beijing for six months.<\/p>\n

June:\u00a0Attended the wind-up meeting of the Gung Ho International Committee. \u00a0Both CIC and the Shandan Bailie School were taken over by the All-China Federation of Artisans\u2019 Co-operatives.<\/p>\n

1952<\/strong>,\u00a0June:\u00a0Attended the preparatory meeting of the Peace Conference of the Asian and Pacific Regions in Beijing.<\/p>\n

October: \u00a0Participated in the Peace Conference itself as Deputy Leader of the NZ Delegation then travelled with fellow delegates in China.\u00a0Yo Banfa,\u00a0<\/em>Rewi\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>first book on China experiences written after Liberation, was published in Shanghai.<\/p>\n

December:\u00a0Back to Shandan.<\/p>\n

1953<\/strong>: \u00a0Was made headmaster of the Lanzhou Oil and Technical School, of which the Shandan Bailie School was the predecessor. Called to Beijing to sit on the Peace Liaison Committee of the Asian and Pacific Regions, representing the NZ Peace Council. Made his home in Beijing from then on.<\/p>\n

1954<\/strong>: \u00a0The People have Strength, Peace through the Ages<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The People Speak Out<\/em>, published.<\/p>\n

1955<\/strong>: \u00a0Attended the Helsinki Peace Congress called by the World Peace Council as a representative of the Peace Liaison Committee. \u00a0Fragments of Living Peking<\/em>, a selection of poems from earlier publications, published in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

1956<\/strong>:\u00a0Journeyed across SW China to Vietnam and Korea, then to the Mongolian Peoples Republic; consequently published four books entitled\u00a0Land of the Morning Calm, Journey to Outer Mongolia, Spring in Vietnam<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Buffalo Boys of Vietnam<\/em>.<\/p>\n

1957<\/strong>: \u00a0Human China<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 a book in diary form recording visits to remote areas in China, published in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

1958-59<\/strong>: \u00a0Attended a meeting of the World Peace Council in Stockholm. Toured China through 15 provinces covering about 40,000 kms.\u00a0Shandan: An<\/em>\u00a0Adventure in Creative Education<\/em>, published in Christchurch, New Zealand.<\/p>\n

1960<\/strong>: \u00a0Returned to New Zealand for first time after 23 years.<\/p>\n

1961<\/strong>: \u00a0Attended the Annual World Conference against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs in Japan and its following sessions until 1965.<\/p>\n

Attended a meeting of the World Peace Council in Delhi and the Afro-Asian Solidarity Conference in Bandung.<\/p>\n

1962<\/strong>: \u00a0Visited Cuba at the invitation of Che Guevara.<\/p>\n

\"

\n Rewi addressing 8th annual World Conference Against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs, 1962 (in ‘Rewi Alley’ book by Youxie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

1964<\/strong>: \u00a0Attended the Afro-Asian Economic Conference in Pyongyang and the Conference for Solidarity with the Vietnamese People against Us Imperialist Aggression in Hanoi.<\/p>\n

1965<\/strong>: \u00a0Participated in the Asian and African Writers\u2019 Conference in Beijing and the International Conference Against Foreign Military Bases in Djakarta.<\/p>\n

1967-71<\/strong>: \u00a0Visited cities and the countryside in Hunan and Hebei, Shandong, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Zhejang, Jiangsu, etc. , for reportage.<\/p>\n

\"Rewi
Rewi Alley with Zhou Enlai in the Workers’ Stadium, 1970 ((in ‘Rewi Alley’ book by Youxie)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a01971<\/strong>,\u00a0October:\u00a0Home trip to New Zealand and stayed for four months; was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Literature by the University of Victoria in Wellington.<\/p>\n

1973<\/strong>,\u00a0February: \u00a0Went to Australia for a speaking tour.<\/p>\n

1972-75<\/strong>: \u00a0Several poetical and prose works:\u00a0Winds of Change, Poems for Aotearoa <\/em>[New Zealand], Prisoners, Walkabout, A Highway and an Old Chinese Doctor, Travels in China, Over China\u2019s Hills of Blue,<\/em> and Today and Tomorrow<\/em>, published in New Zealand or Australia.<\/p>\n

1973<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0Travels in China (1966-1971)<\/em> published.<\/p>\n

1976<\/strong>: \u00a0Made tours to Shandong, Guangdong, Hainan and Xinjiang besides visits to flood and earthquake-stricken areas in Henan and Liaoning.<\/p>\n

1977<\/strong>: \u00a0Toured Sichuan, Heilongjiang, Henan and autonomous counties inhabited by the Minority Peoples in Guangxi. \u00a0Visited Zhumadian in Henan to report on the rehabilitation work after flood. \u00a0Selected poems Snow over the Pines<\/em> and Freshening Breeze<\/em> published respectively in New Zealand and China.<\/p>\n

80th birthday celebrated in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing at a banquet attended by Deng Xiaoping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

1978<\/strong>: \u00a0Visited the Sanmen Gorge Project (Three Gorges Project) and many counties in Henan and Shanxi.<\/p>\n

Went to Wuhan and Honghu in Hubei, revisited old places and saw new developments.<\/p>\n

1979<\/strong>: \u00a0Visited Vietnamese refugees in Guangxi and Guangdong, later published Refugees from Vietnam<\/em> in China. \u00a0Travelled to various places with the NZ Film Team which had come for producing the documentary Rewi Alley of China<\/em>. The biography of the same name by Geoff Chapple, published in New Zealand.<\/p>\n

1980<\/strong>: \u00a0Two books, Struggle Around the Central Plains (a story of Henan Province) <\/em>and A Highland Province \u2013Shansi <\/em>published.<\/em><\/p>\n

1980-82<\/strong>: \u00a0\u00a0Published translations of ancient Chinese poetry: Selected Poems of the Tang and Song Dynasties, Folk Poems of China\u2019s Minorities,<\/em> Li Bai 200 selected poems and Bai Juyi 200 selected poems.<\/p>\n

1982<\/strong>, \u00a0June: \u00a0Went to Lanzhou to the 40th Anniversary Celebrations of the Oil and Technical School; revisited Shandan with old students to attend the opening ceremony of the Exhibition of Cultural Relics which had been donated by himself.<\/p>\n

December 2: \u00a085th birthday celebrated together with Deng Yingchao<\/a> \u00a0(wife of Zhou Enlai) and other State leaders; was conferred the title of Honorary Citizen of Beijing<\/p>\n

1983<\/strong>, November: \u00a0Was made honorary Adviser to the Association of Chinese Industrial Co-operatives (ACIC) which was revived after a National Conference of Gung Ho workers. China: Ancient Kilns and Modern Ceramics<\/em>, co-authored with Wanda Garnsey, published in Australia.<\/p>\n

1984<\/strong>,\u00a0January: \u00a0Was honoured at a poetry recital sponsored by the Independent Chinese PEN Centre<\/a> of which he became the first foreign member.<\/p>\n

September: \u00a0Visited Shandan to attend the opening ceremony of the Shandan Bailie Library built in memory of George Hogg. Was made adviser to the Smedley Strong Snow Society of China<\/a>. Attended the symposium on Agnes Smedley held in Wuhan.<\/p>\n

December: \u00a0Light and Shadow along a Great Road<\/em>, the first English anthology of modern Chinese poetry compiled and translated by him, published in Beijing.<\/p>\n

1985<\/strong>,\u00a0May: \u00a0Made honorary president of the Bailie University Vocational Training<\/a> in Beijing.<\/p>\n

July: \u00a0Attended the symposium on Edgar Snow held in Huhhot<\/a>.<\/p>\n

December 2: \u00a0Granted the title of ‘Honorary Citizen of Gansu Province’ on his 88th birthday.<\/p>\n

December 21: \u00a0Was made\u00a0Companion of the Queen’s Service Order for Community Service (QSO) <\/strong>by the New Zealand Government\u00a0(in the 1985 New Year’s Honours),\u00a0at a ceremony held at the New Zealand Embassy in Beijing.<\/p>\n

1986<\/strong>,\u00a0May: \u00a0Attended the unveiling ceremony of Soong Chingling\u2019s monument in Shanghai to mark the 5th Anniversary of her death.<\/p>\n

1987<\/strong>,\u00a0December 2: Rewi celebrated his 90th birthday in his home. \u00a0He was visited by General Secretary Zhao Ziyang and Premier Li Peng. \u00a0In New Zealand, Prime Minister David Lange narrated Greg Chappel\u2019s documentary on NZ national TV.<\/p>\n

December 27: \u00a0Rewi Alley died of a cerebral embolism, in Beijing with his friend George Hatem at his side. \u00a0The Chinese laid his body in State and Chinese leaders bowed in farewell.<\/p>\n

\"Eternal
Eternal Glory to an Internationalist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u00a0His ashes were scattered in Gansu province, near Shandan.<\/p>\n

\"Crowd
Crowd at Rewi Alley’s funeral service, Shandan, Gansu provice, China. People are gathered around a dais backed by a triangular monument. On one side of the dias is the grave of English born school teacher, George Hogg with whom Rewi had worked from 1942 until Hogg’s death at the age of 29 in 1945. On the right hand side of the dais is the grave of Rewi Alley. Photographed by an unknown photographer in December 1987. Ref: PA1-f-148-449-1. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http:\/\/natlib.govt.nz\/records\/22716450<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

—–oOo—–<\/p>\n

See also the biography of Rewi Alley<\/a> in Teara<\/strong> – the official New Zealand online Encyclopedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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