Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c4.s2.130

v1.c4.s2.130

Chinese people also began to learn about the progress of the national movement of the Indian people. In the 1920s, Mahatma Gandhi was already a well-known name in China. From the 1920s to the 1940s, China published 27 books about Gandhi and his thoughts, including four editions of his autobiography. Numerous articles were written on the Non-Cooperation Movement and other developments in India. The *Oriental Magazine* alone had 60 to 70 such articles and for some time even had a regular column on “Gandhi and New India”.