Hsiang Ying (1897- January 1941), Chinese Communist labor organizer and military leader, was one of the two vice chairmen of the central soviet government headed by Mao Tse-tung (1931-34) and became deputy commander and political commissar of the New Fourth Army. He was killed in the January 1941 clash with Nationalist forces in Anhwei. Born […]
Ch'en Shao-yü Ch'en Shao-yü (1907-), leader of the proteges of Pavel Mif known as the 28 Bolsheviks, was general secretary of the Chinese Communist party (1931-32), Chinese representative to the Comintern (1932-37), and a member of the Comintern's Executive Committee. In 1937 he returned to China. His disagreements with Mao Tse-tung caused Mao to launch […]
Ch'in Pang-hsien (1907-8 April 1946), one of the Russian-trained intellectuals known as the 28 Bolsheviks, was the general secretary of the Chinese Communist party (1932-34). From 1936 to 1946 he served as a liaison officer in negotiations with the National Government. He also headed the New China News Agency (1941-45) and edited the official Communist […]
Ch'ü Ch'iu-pai (29 January 1899-18June 1935), Communist writer, became vice chairman of the propaganda department of the Chinese Communist party and wrote many pamphlets and articles. He unseated Ch'en Tu-hsiu to become general secretary of the party in 1927, but was criticized and removed from office in 1928. He became prominent in the League of […]
Lu Ting-yi (1901-), leading Chinese ' Communist propagandist and long-time head of the party's propaganda department. In 1965 he became minister of culture at Peking. The son of a landowner who also operated a textile factory, Lu Ting-yi was born in Wusih, Kiangsu. After receiving his primary and secondary education, he went to Shanghai, where […]
Li Li-san (c.1900-), leading Chinese Communist labor organizer who became de facto head of the party in 1928. After being removed from office in 1930 and censured by the Comintern, he spent 15 years in exile in the Soviet Union. He returned to China in 1946, having been restored to membership in the Central Committee, […]
