Tā shì shàngshìjì sānshí niándài Shànghǎi yǐngtán de yì kē hóngxīng.
She was a big star of the Shanghai film world in the 1930s.
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红 'red' also means 'popular', as in 走红 'to become popular' and 网红 'internet celebrity'. For a famous performer, 红星 sounds a little old-fashioned; today people usually say 明星.
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红星照耀中国Hóngxīng zhàoyào Zhōngguó
Red Star Over China
Edgar Snow's 1937 book on the Communists in northern Shaanxi, the first close Western portrait of 毛泽东. Its 1938 Chinese edition was titled 《西行漫记》.
