92-year-old female Red Army veteran: Became an intelligence courier at 13 and trekked 300 kilometers to Yan'an

Last updated 2026-11-08 — Female Red Army veteran Ms. Zhang Wanxia. Veteran profile: At the age of 92, Ms. Zhang Wanxia is from Yang County, Hanzhong. In 1933, at the age of 13, she joined the Communist Youth League and served as a secret courier delivering letters for the underground Party. In 1938, she joined the Communist Party of China. In 1937, the Women's Salvation Association was organized in Yang County, and Zhang...