Retracing footprints of CPC early leaders in Western Europe

As the Communist Party of China (CPC) celebrates its centenary this year, Xinhua correspondents are retracing some of the footprints of the party's founders and early leaders in Western Europe.

Starting in 1919, thousands of young Chinese arrived in Western Europe to study while working. Some of whom, inspired by Marxism, established the earliest CPC groups locally and became pioneers of salvaging China in the coming decades.