ABSTRACT
Those Chinese internationalists who were left behind in the Soviet Union faced the future with different problems from those who had been expelled. Chiang Ching-kuo was apparently the first to quit the Opposition. According to Qi Shugong, “the thought of active Trotskyist activity simply terrified him.” 150 Chen Yuandao and Dong Yixiang, 151 “recovered” from their Trotskyist leanings and after finishing their courses at UTK, stayed on as translators. They broke off all relations with the remaining oppositionists, “sympathizers,” and “waverers.” However, a few students did keep faith with the Opposition. From the few scraps of evidence available, it appears that they included Wang Wenhui, Wen Yue, Guo Miaogen, Ge Chonge, Duan Ziliang, Luo Han, the brothers Liu Renjing and Liu Renshou, Song Fengchun, Xu Zheng’an, Xu Yunzuo, Tu Qingqi, Feng Hongguo, Huang Ju, Qi Shugong, and Chen Qi. 152 Xiao Changbin was evidently still a “waverer,” despite his retraction at a party committee meeting on November 9, 153 as was Gao Heng.
