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 […]

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 […]

K'ang Sheng (1899-), Chinese Communist leader in security and intelligence work in Shanghai and at Yenan. Chuch'eng, a small city in eastern Shantung, was the birthplace of K'ang Sheng. His father was a moderately wealthy landholder. Little is known about K'ang's childhood or primary education. About 1920 he went to Shanghai to attend the Shanghai […]

Ch'en Yun (1900-) began his political career as a Communist labor organizer in Shanghai. In 1938 he directed the organization department of the Central Committee. From 1940 to 1945 he was chairman of the northwest regional economic-financial committee. From 1946 to 1949 he was chairman of the party's Northeast bureau. After 1949 he was vice […]