Hsieh Chueh-tsai (1881-), Chinese Communist leader, held important party offices in the 1930's and 1940's. He served the Central People's Government as minister of interior (1949-59) and was president of the Supreme People's Court (1959-64). Born into the family of a landholder in the Ninghsiang district of Hunan province, Hsieh Chueh-tsai received his early education […]

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, […]

Mao Tse-tung 毛澤東 T. Jun-chih 潤之 Mao Tse-tung (26 December 1893-), leader of the Chinese Communist party and founder of the People's Republic of China. Shaoshan, Hsiangt'an hsien, Hunan, was the birthplace of Mao Tse-tung. This agriculturally productive and culturally advanced section of Hunan produced two of the outstanding scholargenerals of the late Ch'ing period, […]