Lo Chia-lun (1896-), one of the principal leaders of the May Fourth Movement while a student at Peking University. He later was president of Tsinghua (1928-31) and National Central (1932-41) universities, and he served the National Government as Sinkiang supervisory commissioner and as ambassador to India (1946-49). Although his native place was Shaohsing, Chekiang, Lo […]

Huang Mu-sung (1885-20 March 1937), military man who served as dean of the Paoting Military Academy and deputy commander of the cadet corps of the Whampoa Military Academy. He represented the National Government on special missions to Sinkiang (1933) and Tibet (1934) and became chairman of the Mongolian and Tibetan Affairs Commission in 1935. He […]

Tu Chung-yuan (1895-1943), liberal journalist associated in Shanghai with Tsou T'ao-fen (q.v.) in dissemination ofanti-Japanese materials before 1937, for which action he was arrested by the National Government. He later went to Sinkiang, where he served under his fellow- Manchurian Sheng Shih-ts'ai (q.v.), who in 1943 had him executed as a "leftist." The Kaiyuan district […]

Teng Fa (1906-8 April 1946), Chinese Communist political worker and labor organizer. He was senior Communist official in Sinkiang in 1937— 38 and head of the central party school in 193942. He also served at Yenan as chief of the workers' committee. Yünfou, the native place of Teng Fa in Kwangtung, is just west of […]

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 […]

Ch'en T'an-ch'iu 陳潭秋 Ch'en T'an-ch'iu (1889 - 27 September 1943) helped to establish the Communist nucleus in Wuhan (1920) and organized the Hupeh branch of the Chinese Communist party. He became the senior Chinese Communist official in Sinkiang in 1939. Sheng Shih-ts'ai (q.v.) had him arrested (1942) and executed (1943). Little is known of the […]

Burhan 鮑爾漢 Alt. Burhan Shahidi Burhan (1894-), political leader, gained notice through his activities in Sinkiang politics for more than 30 years. He was governor of the province from 1949 through 1955. After 1955 he was a leading official representative of Communist China's Muslim minority. There are numerous pockets of obscurity in Burhan's career. His […]