Editing Grigori Voitinsky (section)

== Work in China ==
In 1920, the [[Soviet Union]] established the [[Far Eastern Bureau of the Comintern|Far Eastern Bureau]] in [[Siberia]], a branch of the Third Communist International, or the [[Comintern]]. Thus he was directly responsible for managing the establishment of a communist party in the [[Republic of China (1912–1949)|Republic of China]] and other far east countries. Soon after its establishment, the bureau's deputy manager Voitinsky arrived in [[Beijing]] and contacted the [[Li Dazhao]]. Li arranged for Voitinsky to meet with another Communist leader, [[Chen Duxiu]], in [[Shanghai]]. In August 1920, Voitinsky, Chen Duxiu, [[Li Hanjun]], [[Shen Xuanlu]], [[Yu Xiusong]], [[Shi Cuntong]], and others began to establish the Comintern China Branch.{{cn|date=November 2024}}

The ''[[Shanghai Chronicle]]'' (not to be confused with the [[Shanghai Jewish Chronicle]]) was set up in 1919 in Shanghai by [[Shemeshko]] and other Russians with [[socialism|socialist]] leanings, and received financial aid from the Soviet Russian government in early 1920. In the spring of 1920, Voitinsky and his colleagues came to China on a mission to establish a communist party in China. They not only came to China in the guise of editors and reporters for the newspaper, but also set up the Comintern's [[East Asia Secretariat]] in the newspaper office. From then on, the ''Shanghai Chronicle'' became both a propaganda vehicle for the East Asia Secretariat and a cover for [[Bolshevik]] activity in China. Because the newspaper staff assisted Soviet Russian and Comintern personnel stationed under cover at the newspaper in activities to establish a communist organization in China, the newspaper as a whole played a special role in the early communist movement in China. Although the ''Shanghai Chronicle'' stopped publication at the end of 1922 because Russian aid came to an end, many staff members continued to work for Bolshevism.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Britton |first=Frank L. |url=https://archive.org/details/B-001-002-034 |title=Behind Communism 1917-2010 |date=2017-08-09 |publisher=Blurb, Incorporated |isbn=978-1-389-75235-3 |language=en}}</ref>