Chow Ching-Wen  Chow Ching-Wen (； 1908–1985) was a Chinese human rights activist, author and editor. He held high-ranking positions in both the government and in the Chinese Communist Party but defected to Hong Kong in 1957. One of the founders of the China Democratic League, he is particularly known outside China for his book "Ten Years Of Storm: The True Story Of The Communist Regime In China" published in 1960. He was born in Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, China in 1908. Having had his secondary education, he went abroad to study first at Waseda University, Tokyo, and then the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. His research was carried out at the University of London, England with the focus on political science. Chow began writing his first book "The Theory of State" in London, and had finished half the book when the Mukden Incident (or Manchurian Incident) took place in China on September 18, 1931. The Japanese invasion of China interrupted his research work, and brought him back from London to participate in the war of resistance against Japan. Via Siberia, he first reached Harbin, in north east China, which had not yet been occupied by Japan. In order to arouse the patriotic feelings of people he started publishing an evening paper - "Sheng Kwang Evening Post", and he made himself Editor in Chief. This was the first paper ever published in Manchuria that openly supported the war of resistance against Japan and thus won the sympathy of the people. It was so popular that their printing press failed to turn out enough to meet the daily demand. Before the Japanese troops took over Harbin, the editorial opinion was so fiery that the Japanese military authorities forced Zhang Jinghui, Governor of the Special Area to ban its publication. Zhang Jinghui later became the Prime Minister of the Manchukuo in 1935. Chow was forewarned and escaped. On the eve of the loss of Harbin, he disguised himself and slipped out of Harbin and reached Tientsin and Beijing where the Generals and leaders such as Zhang Xueliang and Zhang Zuoxiang gathered. He was actually the nephew of Zhang Zuoxiang, a top commander under Zhang Zuolin. In 1933 when the Japanese troops marched into Jehol province, the Northeast Army decided to take a stand. In conformity with the instructions of the Nanking Government, the Northeast army and local militia were re-organized into two armies.