A Glasgow Girl: Eleanor Allen Moore (26 July 1885 – 17 September 1955

Eleanor Allen Moore (26 July 1885 – 17 September 1955) was a British painter who was born in Northern Ireland, but became one of the groups of painters known as the "Glasgow Girls".

During World War I Moore served as a Voluntary Aid Detachment nurse at Craigleith Hospital in Edinburgh. In 1922, Moore married Dr Robert Cecil Robertson and she gave birth to their daughter, Ailsa, the following year. In 1925, the family moved to Shanghai, China, where Robert was appointed Public Health Officer with Shanghai Municipal Council. Eleanor continued painting, producing watercolours of the Chinese people, and was also popular as a portrait painter in the expatriate community. They apparently toured the country in their houseboat.
Eleanor and Robert stayed in Shanghai until the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war in 1937 when they moved to Hong Kong. After World War II Eleanor returned to Scotland where she died in 1955.  These days she is often included in the group of artists known as the Glasgow Girls.

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Qian Zhuangfei (Chinese: 钱壮飞; 1895/96 – 1935)

Qian Zhuangfei, born in a merchant family, was admitted to the National Beijing Medical College in 1915 and graduated in 1919. After practising medicine in Beijing, he also taught fine arts and anatomy, and also acted in movies, good at calligraphy, painting and radio technology. Later, he joined the Communist Party of China with his wife Zhang Zhenhua, so he embarked on the road of revolution.

Qian Zhuangfei

钱壮飞; 1895/96 – 1935

His quick reaction allowed the Communist leadership in Shanghai to evacuate, and he was credited with saving the lives of top leaders including Zhou Enlai, later the Premier of China

Premier Zhou Enlai has repeatedly mentioned such a name with deep affection: Qian Zhuangfei. He said: 'If it weren't for Comrade Qian Zhuangfei, all of us might die in the hands of the reactionaries. Comrade Qian Zhuangfei's great achievements in the fight against the enemy did indeed make our party fewer detours and the people Remember him forever! 'Who is Qian Zhuangfei? What did he do to save a group of revolutionary people?

 Before Dai Li ’s military control was established, the KMT ’s Central Military Control Investigation Section had always been Chiang Kai-shek ’s a dominant intelligence agency. However, every important piece of information here will fall into the hands of the team leader without exception. Because the spy hero Qian Zhuangfei lurks here.

 

 

On the evening of April 25, 1931, Qian Zhuangfei, who was on duty alone, received six express messages from Xu Enzeng sent by Wuhan to Xu Enzeng, and he immediately took the opportunity to dismantle the translated messages; it turned out that Gu Shunzhang, who had long been responsible for the protection of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was arrested and rebel In order to provide all the secrets of the CPC Central Committee in Shanghai.

Gu Shunzhang has been responsible for the Communist Party ’s defence work in Shanghai, and he knows almost all the secrets of the Communist Party in Shanghai. His rebellion caused the Communist Party in Shanghai to face the disaster. At that time, Zhou Enlai, Deng Yingchao, Deng Xiaoping and more than a dozen party leaders were exposed. Fortunately, Qian Zhuangfei risked death and was able to evacuate safely.

 

 Central Soviet Area after transferring to Shanghai. At the end of March 1935, Qian Zhuangfei arrived in Jinsha County, Guizhou with the Long March, and went into the jungle near Shatu Town for the purpose of reconnaissance on the Wujiang route to Nandu. After liberation, the truth finally came to the surface. The former reactionary leader explained when he was tried. At that time, they caught a middle-aged man holding an umbrella and claimed to be a document. They believed that the Red Army cadres killed the corpse cave. The appearance and money Like Zhuangfei, the final outcome of the martyr is finally clear.