Background
Yellow Earth is set in Shaanxi, a province of central China, in early spring 1939. The Chinese Communist Party and the Kuomintang have stopped fighting one another and are working together to overwhelm the invading Japanese. The provinces are divided into Kuomintang-controlled areas and Communist-controlled areas. Shaanxi is divided into three sections: the northern and southern parts are controlled by the Kuomintang, and the middle by the Communists. Because of their co-operation, navigation between the areas is permitted.
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