Teng Hsiao-p'ing (c. 1 902-) , Chinese Communist political officer who rose to become the chief executive officer of the Chinese Communist party, a vice premier in the Central People's Government, and a vice chairman of the National Defense Council. In 1966 he became one of the prime targets of Red Guard criticism in the […]

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 陳毅 Ch'en Yi (1901—), one of the outstanding military commanders in China in the 1930's and 1940's, joined the Fourth Red Army in 1928 and was an early supporter of Mao Tse-tung. He became acting commander (1941) and then commander (1946) of the New Fourth Army. After 1949 he was mayor of Shanghai […]

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. […]

Po I-po (1907-), subordinate of Yen Hsi-shan who later became known as a Chinese Communist economic planner. He served as minister of finance at Peking in 1949-53. Tinghsiang, Shansi, was the birthplace of Po I-po. Little is known about his family background or his early life. About 1926 Po went to Taiyuan, the provincial capital […]

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, […]