Hsü T'e-li ( 1876-), educator, Chinese Communist party ekier, and one-time teacher of Mao Tse-tung. He served the Communist governments at Juichin and Yenan as an educational administrator. In 1947 he became deputy director of the propaganda department of the Chinese Communist party's Central Committee. Changsha, Hunan, was the birthplace of Hsü T'e-li. From 1885 […]

Wang Chen (1909-), Chinese Communist guerrilla leader and political commissar who was one of the leading figures in the politicalmilitary administration of the Sinkiang region in 1949-53. In 1954 he became a member of the National Defense Council at Peking, and in 1956 he was appointed minister of state farms and land reclamation. Beginning in […]

Li Wei-han $ It ^ Alt. Lo Mai H ig Li Wei-han (1897-), Chinese Communist administrator who became head of the party's united front work department in 1944 and thus was responsible for the political mobilization of non-Communist groups. From 1949 to 1954 he also headed the Commission on Nationalities Affairs, which was responsible for […]

Ho Chien (10 April 1887-25 April 1956), Hunanese military leader, served as governor of Hunan from March 1929 to November 1937. The Tiling district of Hunan was the birthplace of Ho Chien. He attended the Chu-tzu Primary School in his native village and then entered the Hunan government school. After the revolution began in 1911, […]