George Mahead was born on September 26, 1910, in an ordinary working-class family in Buffalo, New York, USA. In June 1936, Ma Haide secretly met Edgar Snow from Peking in Xi'an to avoid the sight of the Kuomintang secret service in Shanghai. On July 14, 1936, the security guards held a grand meeting to welcome President Snow and George. Chairman Mao attended the meeting and delivered a speech. The welcome banners put up by the masses read in Chinese and English: "Welcome American journalists to come to the Soviet Area to investigate!" "Welcome Dr. George to come to work in the Soviet Area!" On July 16, they were cordially received by Chairman Mao. After a period of visits, the Party Central Committee sent Wu Xiuquan as an interpreter to accompany Snow and George on their inspection visit to Yuwangbao, Ningxia. While in Yuwangbao, George learned that there are many Hui people with the surname Ma. There is a saying in Ningxia: "Nine out of ten Hui are Ma, and the one who is not surnamed Ma has the surname Ha." , wishing to be friendly with the Chinese people, he decided to also have a surname of Ma, and changed his original name from George Haidem to Ma Haide. Four months later, when Snow completed his interview mission and left the border area, Ma Haide changed his original plan of "returning to Shanghai after the visit." He said to Snow: "The hospital, the people, and the patients here all need me. I decided to stay and work in northern Shaanxi and make some contributions to the Chinese revolutionary cause." In January 1937, Ma Haide carried Song Qingling on his back and gave it to His medical kit entered Yan'an in northern Shaanxi with the troops. He nervously devoted himself to diagnosis and treatment work with enthusiasm and conducted research at the same time. In February 1937, Ma Haide was honorably admitted as a member of the Communist Party of China due to his outstanding work performance. In Yan'an, Ma Haide quickly learned the local language. Both Eighth Route Army soldiers and local people were willing to seek medical treatment from this big-nosed "Doctor Ma." Because there are few doctors, he has almost become a general practitioner. In addition, people often come to him to repair watches, glasses, pens, lighters, etc. He always enthusiastically helps, and he has become the omnipotent doctor in Pagoda Mountain . In Yan'an, in addition to his important position as consultant to the Ministry of Health, Ma Haide also has an important task, which is to ensure the health of the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China. Ma Haide devoted himself to completing this task and thus formed deep friendships with many senior leaders of the Communist Party of China. In the long-term revolutionary struggle environment, Chairman Mao developed the habit of working at night and resting during the day. Ma Haide helped Mao Zedong adjust his biological clock from a medical perspective to ensure that he could complete the guidance of the national war of resistance. Ma Haide devoted himself wholeheartedly to the Chinese revolution and did a lot of work beyond the scope of medicine. July 7, 2022 (Thursday) 21:50:40 - 22:39:33 coloring
