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Chapter 34 Wang Yunsheng: A journalist through and through (2)

In the gap between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, he always insisted on an independent folk standpoint, not only constantly criticizing the ruling Kuomintang, but also never giving up his criticism of the Communist Party. In November 1945, he published an editorial titled "Debating the CCP", calling for peace. The next day, "Xinhua Daily" published an editorial entitled "On the State with Ta Kung Pao", severely refuting it; in April of the following year, he published "The Shameful The "Battle of Changchun" editorial, "Xinhua Daily" was tit-for-tat, and published "Shameful Ta Kung Pao Editorial" two days later to refute it.

According to Wang Zhichen, before Wang Yunsheng went to the Liberated Areas at the invitation of Mao Zedong in 1948, he specially asked someone to find an article in the "Liberation Daily" and read an article by Wang Shiwei.At that time, he said: "This is going to be shot. Didn't I have to get 800 shots in the past?" In the 1940s, someone once commented: "Wang Yunsheng's articles are widely read by the world. The strength of his speech is that he often takes the country as the premise, and stands on the standpoint of the people, saying what ordinary people want to say." In fact, this is exactly what It is the philosophy of Ta Kung Pao.

In fact, the person who gave Ta Kung Pao the highest evaluation was precisely Mao Zedong before liberation. In 1945, Mao Zedong flew to Chongqing to conduct world-renowned peace talks with Chiang Kai-shek.During this period, he had two appointments with Wang Yunsheng, and they talked alone for a long time.Later, the Ta Kung Pao Office invited Mao Zedong back. After the banquet, Mao Zedong wrote an inscription for "Ta Kung Pao" on the spot: Serve the people
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