Salute, Helen Snow——A Worthy Friendship Bridge

Helen Foster Snow, an outstanding Americanwoman who was a long-time friend of theChinese people, left all of us forever on January11,1997. Heartfelt condolences were extended withprofound respects from both sides of the Pacific inher native country and here in China.Helen first came to China in 1931 when shewas 23 years old. She married Edgar Snow in thenext year and, the two of them working as journal-ists in China and across the Far East, both were