''The Shian Kian Weekly Review'' () as known as ''Xiangjiang Review'', was a weekly review founded by the young

Mao Zedong Mao Zedong pronounced ; traditionally Romanization of Chinese, romanised as Mao Tse-tung. (26December 18939September 1976) was a Chinese politician, revolutionary, and political theorist who founded the People's Republic of China (PRC) in ...

Changsha Changsha is the capital of Hunan, China. It is the 15th most populous city in China with a population of 10,513,100, the Central China#Cities with urban area over one million in population, third-most populous city in Central China, and the ...

Hunan Hunan is an inland Provinces of China, province in Central China. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the Administrative divisions of China, province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to the east, Gu ...

, on June 14, 1919. It was written in the Changsha dialect. ''Xiangjiang Review'' was one of the earliest Communist publications in China. Most articles in ''The Shian Kian Weekly Review'' was written by Mao himself. In mid-August 1919, it was banned by

Zhang Jingyao Zhang Jingyao (, ; 1881 – 1933), was a Chinese general and the military governor of Chahar and later Hunan Province. He was one of China's most notorious warlords, known for his troops' atrocities and the looting of Hunan during his adminis ...

, the governor of Hunan province. It was only published 5 times.

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The movie ''

1921 Events January * January 2 ** The Association football club Cruzeiro Esporte Clube, from Belo Horizonte, is founded as the multi-sports club Palestra Italia by Italian expatriates in First Brazilian Republic, Brazil. ** The Spanish lin ...

,'' which deals with the founding members of the CCP, highlight's Mao's role in founding the review.

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