Chang Fa-k'uei 張發奎 T. Hsiang-hua 向華 Chang Fa-k'uei (1896-), a leading Cantonese military officer, commanded the 12th (Ironside) Division, later and better known as the Fourth Army. Although a sometime supporter of Wang Ching-wei who participated in several anti- Chiang Kai-shek movements, he was given important commands during the Sino-Japanese war. A native of Shihhsing […]

Chu P'ei-te (29 October 1888-17 February 1937), Nationalist military officer. He was commander of the Third Army during the Northern Expedition in 1926-27 and governor of Kiangsi in 1927-29. Later, he served as chief of general staff, director general of military training, and director of the administrative office of the Military Affairs Commission. Yenhsing hsien, […]

Chu Teh 朱德 T. Yü-chieh 玉階 Chu Teh (18 December 1886-), commander in chief of the Chinese Communist forces for many years, became associated with Mao Tse-tung in 1928, when their forces combined to form the Fourth Red Army and to establish the central Communist base in Kiangsi. During the 1930's and early 1940's Chu […]

Chang T'ai-lei ( 1 898-December 1927), Communist martyr, was known principally for organizing the Canton Commune of December 1927; he was killed in the fighting. A native of Wuchin, Kiangsu, Chang T'ai-lei attended the Ch'angchou Middle School, where he was a classmate of Ch'ü Ch'iu-pai (q.v.), but, like Ch'ü, he left school before graduation. In […]

Chang Po-chun Chang Po-chun ( 1 895—), political leader, was a founder of the Third party and of its successor, the Chinese Workers and Peasants Democratic party. He became secretary general of the China Democratic League. From 1949 until 1957 he was minister of communications at Peking. In 1957 he came under Communist censure as […]

Yeh Chien-ying (1898- ), Chinese Communist general who served as chief of staff of the Communist military forces during and after the Sino-Japanese war. During the American mediation effort in 1946, he was chief Communist delegate at the Executive Headquarters in Peiping. From late 1949 until mid- 1954 he was based at Canton, and he […]

Hsueh Yueh (17 December 1896-), Nationalist military commander who was known for his pursuit of the Communist Long March forces in 1935 and for his brilliant defense of Changsha (1939; and Ch'angte (1943; against the Japanese. He served as governor of Hunan (1939-45) and Kwangtung (1949). Lochang hsien, Kwangtung, was the birthplace of Hsueh Yueh. […]

Hsiao K'o (August 1909-), Chinese Communist army officer, served under Yeh T'ing and Chu Teh in the 1920's and under Ho Lung in the 1930's and 1940's. After 1949 he held office as director of the general training department of the Chinese Communist military forces. Chiaho hsien, Hunan, was the birthplace of Hsiao K'o. His […]

Hsiang Ying (1897- January 1941), Chinese Communist labor organizer and military leader, was one of the two vice chairmen of the central soviet government headed by Mao Tse-tung (1931-34) and became deputy commander and political commissar of the New Fourth Army. He was killed in the January 1941 clash with Nationalist forces in Anhwei. Born […]

T'ang En-po (20 September 1899-29 June 1954), staff officer in the National Revolutionary Army who served during the Sino-Japanese war in such capacities as commander of the Thirty-first Army Group and deputy commander of the First War Area. In 1945 he supervised the Nationalist takeover of Shanghai and the repatriation of Japanese troops and civilians. […]