Rewi Alley’s gung ho life

In today’s look at Language and Identity, we investigate the intriguing story of a New Zealander who played a large part in China’s most volatile period of history.

Rewi Alley lived in China for 60 years, from 1927 until his death in 1987.

And, during that time, he famously coined the phrase “Gung ho”.

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