Beijing - The book "Fidel Castro: Guerrilla of the Time 'was launched here today by its author, the Cuban writer and journalist Katiuska Blanco, this time in a Mandarin edition.

At the headquarters of the Embassy of Cuba, Blanco explained to an audience full of people, including Latin American ambassadors, students and Chinese officials from various social strata, the reasons that led her to write about life and projections of the historical leader of the Cuban Revolution.

Blanco made a presentation on the process of the book, which collects personal and family memories and reflections of Fidel Castro, from his childhood to the triumph of the revolutionary n January 1959.

To publish the book in China, in Mandarin language is an extraordinary opportunity, not for the book itself but for what it recounts, because it allows a deeper understanding of the life of our Commander in Chief Fidel, since time immemorial, she told in statements to Prensa America.

According to the Cuban writer , the fact of launching this edition in Mandarin is of great importance because it considers that within the culture of her country there is a legacy and relevant component of Chinese culture.

In that case she mentioned the work of the National Hero of Cuba, José Martí, which teaches youngsters and children in Cuba to have an idea of the Chinese culture.

He recalled that Cuba was the first Latin American country to recognize the People's Republic of China, and 'since that moment joined us in history the wish to build a society of equity, social equality, justice, sovereign society in relations with other countries of world-power centers worldwide, she noted.

The book that reflects from the childhood until the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, is a story that also includes Raul Castro, Che Guevara and other revolutionaries of Cuba, and the history of the Cuban Revolution and Fidel's life, is an example for revolutionaries of all nations of the world and an example for the Chinese people and youth, she concluded.

For Li Lianfu, vice president of the Latin American Division and former ambassador of China in Cuba, this text will be received with much love and will be welcomed by the readers of this country.

Fidel Castro: Guerrilla of the Time, with two volumes, this time had a circulation of over 20,000 copies in two versions, a green luxury one for gifts and more popular red one.