出生于密苏里州堪萨斯市的美国记者、作家埃德加·斯诺,在一九三六年同年青的美国医学博士马海德冒着生命危险去西北延安采访了毛泽东等中共高层领导人,并与他们结下了终生的真挚友谊。后来,一直居住在瑞士的斯诺,在他生命最后的日子里,对专程接他来北京治病的中国医疗小组组长马海德大 Born in Missouri, Kansas City, American journalist and writer Edgar Snow, in 1936 with the young American MD Dr. Ma Haide risked their lives to Yan’an in the northwest interviewed Mao Zedong and other top CPC leaders, and with They have forged a lifelong cordial friendship. Later, Snow, who has been living in Switzerland, spent the last days of his life on Ma Haide, head of the Chinese medical team who took him to Beijing for treatment.