In 1930, three communists from Europe embarked to China to help the country’s local communist movement. In order to avoid detection with their obvious caucasian appearance by the local anti-communist authorities, the three europeans wore masks which gave the appearance of being Chinese, and also allowed them to speak Chinese. In China, the three europeans were joined by a local young comrade who was sympathetic to the communist movement and eager to serve. The young comrade guided the three europeans through chinese communist networks and to key contested sites to spread the teachings of communism to workers and peasants. Often cavalier with his impulses and emotions, the passion of the young comrade endangered himself and the communist movement from detection by the authorities. While fleeing from the authorities, and following the advice of the three europeans, the young comrade commited suicide and had his body thrown in a lime pit to dissolve his remains, which ultimately preserved the survival of the communist movement. The three europeans would operate in China until the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949.