Huang K'o-ch'eng (1902-), Communist military ofl^cer who served under P'eng Te-huai in the early 1930's and the early 1950's. He held important posts in the People's Republic of China and in 1958 became chief of staff" of the People's Liberation Army. He was dismissed from his party and government offices in 1959 on the grounds […]

Teng Tzu-hui (c.1893-), early leader of the Communist movement in Fukien. He served as a political and liaison officer during the Sino-Japanese war and the war with the Nationalists. In 1949-52 he dominated the party's Central-South bureau. He then became director of the Central Committee's rural work department, and he held such posts at Peking […]

Ch'en Yi 陳儀 Ch'en Yi (1883 - 18 June 1950), governor of Fukien (1934-41) and of Chekiang (1948-49) who, as first Chinese government administrator in Taiwan after 1945, launched a brutal suppression campaign against the Taiwanese when an island-wide revolt against his administration threatened to break out. He was executed as a Communist conspirator for […]

Ch'en Chia-keng 陳嘉庚 Alt. Tan Kah Kee Ch'en Chia-keng (1874 - 12 August 1961 ) , known as Tan Kah Kee, Singapore rubber and shipping entrepreneur, used his profits to found Amoy University, which he singlehandedly supported for 15 years, and other schools in his native village of Chimei, Fukien. During the Sino- Japanese war, […]

Ch'en Keng 陳賡 Ch'en Keng (1903 - 16 March 1961) , Communist military commander, reportedly saved the life of Chiang Kai-shek at Waichow in 1925. He participated in the 1927 Nanchang uprising and in the Fourth Front Army campaigns against the Nationalists. During the Sino-Japanese war he commanded a brigade in the Eighth Route Army. […]

Ts'ai Ho-sen (c.1890-1931), close friend and political associate of Mao Tse-tung. He helped organize the French branch of the Chinese Communist party, after which he returned to China to become a prominent party propagandist and the first editor of the Hsiang-tao choupao [guide weekly]. He was executed by the Nationalists in 1931. Hsianghsiang hsien, Hunan, […]

Chou Shu-jen 周樹人 Alt. Lu Hsün 魯迅 Chou Shu-jen (1881-19 October 1936), known as Lu Hsün, a writer and social critic of such prominence that he became an almost legendary figure. Shaohsing, Chekiang, was the native place of Lu Hsün. He was born into a family of commercial and minor official background. Like his two […]