In one of his early interviews, he asked Edgar Snow when he had returned from China.
Edgar Snow, the American journalist, estimated that Chiang's forces had executed more than 5,000 people.
In the past journalists posted to China wrote books that placed themselves front and center; Edgar Snow was only the first in a long line.
Edgar Snow went even further, calling him "one of the most intelligent and efficient commanders boasted by any army in the world."
However, unlike other reporters, such as Edgar Snow, Roderick was never a full supporter of their goals.
When Edgar Snow went there in 1936, it was under Kuomintang control and a Red army siege had recently been lifted.
Edgar Snow is one of the few Americans to have been buried with honors in Communist China.
One of my first guests was Edgar Snow.
Like Edgar Snow, she met the future leaders of Communist China when they were living in rural isolation.
Almost immediately after arriving in 1931, she met Edgar Snow, who had arrived in China in 1929.