Lo Jui-ch'ing (1907-), political commissar in the Chinese Communist military forces who later held such posts in the Central People's Government as that of minister of public security (1949-58). In the 1950's he was the regime's principal organizer of public security programs and secret police operations. In 1959 he became vice premier of the State […]
Lo Jung-huan (1906-16 December 1963), political commissar in Chinese Communist military forces during the 1930's and 1940's, was director of the general political department and the general cadres department of the People's Liberation Army from 1950 to 1956. Hengshan, Hunan, was the birthplace of Lo Jung-huan. Little is known about his family background or early […]
Lo Ch'i-yuan (1893-1930), leader of the peasant movement during the 1924-28 period and head of the Chinese Communist party's peasant department in 1929-30. He was arrested and executed by Kuomintang authorities at Shanghai. Little is known about Lo Ch'i-yuan's childhood or early life except that he was born into a family of wealthy landowners in […]
Lu Ti-p'ing (1887-31 January 1935), Hunanese military officer who served as field commander of the Second Army of the National Revolutionary Army during the Northern Expedition. He later held the governorships of Hunan (1928), Kiangsi (1929-31), and Chekiang (1931-34). The younger of two sons in a family of modest means, Lu Ti-p'ing was born in […]
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 […]
Liu Chih-tan (1903-April 1936), Chinese Communist guerrilla leader who, with Kao Kang (q.v.), carved out the northern Shensi base that became the final destination of the Long March. A native of Shensi, Liu Chih-tan was born into a landowning family in the Paoan district. After completing his primary education in the early 1920's, he enrolled […]
Liu Jen-ching (1899-), founding member of the Chinese Communist party who became a leading Trotskyist in <^he 1930's. He remained in China after 1949 and made a public statement regarding his earlier political errors. Little is known about Liu Jen-ching's family background or early education except that he was born in Hupeh. At the time […]
Lin Yü-t'ang (1895-), scholar, writer, and journalist. In the 1930's he was a leader of the movements to use social satire and to adapt Western newspaper prose to Chinese journalism. Beginning with the publication in 1935 of My Country and My People, he established an international reputation as a writer of popular books in English […]
Liu Po-ch'eng (1892-), Chinese Communist general known for his expertise in the techniques of mobile warfare. Commander of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army (1937-47) and of the Second Field Army (1948-49), he headed the general training department of the People's Liberation Army from 1954 to 1957 and became a marshal of the […]
Liu Shao-ch'i 劉少奇 Pseud. Hu Fu 胡服 Liu Shao-ch'i (1900-), the Chinese Communist party's foremost expert on the theory and practice of organization and party structure, became Chairman of the People's Republic of China in April 1959. He was the second-ranking member of the party until 1966, when he became a principal target of the […]
