In December 1926 Rewi Alley left New Zealand ‘to go and have a look at the Chinese revolution’. Alley stayed in China for 60 years, becoming one of its best-known and best-loved foreigners.
Rewi Alley
2 Dec 1897 – 27 Dec 1987
The former Cantabrian died in Beijing after living in China through six tumultuous decades.
