LI LI-BAN, LEADER OF INTERNATIONAL CLIQUE

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LX LI..60, UAD$ IN'r 7tclTtON~ CLI,UI
at p Hmsn) bores about 18991 early CCP ].*d*.
Nlttire -~
r 6th NatIonal lour in 1928, r+a1 powsi' x~a held ' Ll~, ~
d-elopsd the "Li I4s.4aa 1if" i
or4ut U workifl undsr f it Nhor lige $
At. that tuna Mso Ts
Pain dry o~ sotatnE Large oitiiee a$ bMa ? Toaasrds the end at
3,928 use ~a~ob~ wnR `Ch' ~g.~hr- , ~~ eto. Mao
u
Li ~' ilao t a-~
fl?tay rr tin setting up a realm + the hills. Tho
i'ueed~ advooa
soeptt's ir~i,Y past f roa IA to tao1 art I4 was summoned to
he rimed 15 years, stuct ini Ruses and
4O0 COW for tr&tUifl1 ? !Mare
se~rera1 books . Otis wife, loft bohinld in
~-arxrLMntnis~. H. 1*
Ctsiriaa dird, and ho merri4 a Rusaiaa br ehoo he has two d*UIhtI*'$ ?
tth the Japsz$o rider, Li oame to Ma~huri~r-, he and Lin
, rune
Piao ire the Dade of tho Cc muzdJt oraWiUtton. M$afl*ile, Li
revo1uti0T7 theor7' and political thy.
had reat17 ohangsd is
Even him nn%S dilfersr&tJ ho vn$ nOW Li Mt-jars. UMPitO fr.4`nt
~e
yens end the Northeu$t, ate he passed
a,Ape01 in Nunrvhing,
he was idu tifi?d as tt>te notorious Li Li-san.
botoro
1~tr i,th white hair combed back. Ho iN$i's
Li is tally
waarr a rroik*rfS$ du ..biU oape and spsia
501, ii1os ort.n,
Nun*fleO?
In the Nowt ho is advisor to Llrs 1'iao. H. holds
*fn-ltat'1u iaporbant P ti .e' C,tr.l Cosdttee, cop, political
CC? R J. Bur0s11 y+Dmreii~s AUa' s CasniuiOner.
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-ioadquartors UnttedL) unaarL+tto ~-tngr aX to iJ wid iiloi i O
the ooatinn i'or repatriation of Japrnaee prtaonor a faa CC' $ flM ia-
the Northeast. ~t.le Li ti politioal a~fviaer to L Piao~ ha she
hcua a sooret iiaaios ircmt tho Ttdrd t nt.z'ratloral. Tla bob did
not wuata ],;; yw~rn of houCht-training op him in Moscow.
"Clam is a deop t 1 avue in tha CC.'. t,t i nd tho intcrnattona1
ohiyue favor coalition, m d thin gaining oontrnl oZ the whole country;
Mro favors brim; by t tt].tbary roroo to vtotory. Tteaa two 3.inns
are far axttrt and will it bo reoonoi]ad.
Lt )2L turvnr forgot on ! d s i no di i ouo oue ting of 20 yearn a.
Nor hiii h tpa tur ruY iigo, ohmrtahed all thaao yvurd. Nucor o~vti that
ho and Ch' on haapu havo roportod to t ho Coml.nfor ttu~t 1ao is
toUowing a 'Tito' lino. )lao knows ao11 that Gt is against him.
Y hethor U will diap1oo him is yet a riddle. gut the Coodin.torn- is
aupportine, Li and 1'1aou no hope in Mao. It rni ' he stated that until
nor t1107 look upon Mao as Chins !o "Laval Comnuniet".
Tutg i'i t, uutotanding i~ igur a in north China
'rwng i'i~vu to u ntivo of Uuani -1In in Iltttr>:n and born in 1886 or
n woll*1morm f] r. W&d early trttiatng in the oLaeiN~ I raduated
from a ruiddi-?ohool in Wu~oh'ang, and then jotnod an ant:t-ILanohu
re1ja3ufiJjQfl7 k;rronp. s+hen tha Itc lution IWOke out, 10 aototor 1912
5iil Tun` entered a tun school in Jain,, and through ocn n n
ruvolutionsry' interest warkod with Dr. Sun. Us returned to China
after two ynari, worked in the 'air Farty ~-nd ho3ped Lound he C C P
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in Jnne 1921= "hen the r~pl{ t e ire ~ P7 h~ f~- 4 4'.
month,, and from $26 to 1932 studied in Uosoow, then boa ss heed of
a Commwtiet school in the "soviet reg? one in ktwgsi. Qn the "Long
March" ime sated as health offioer.
In 191 Tang was one of the China delegation to the San 1"ranoisoo
Con 'orenoe, reprt tenting the CC?. At that tt* Ong advoostsd
unification of China and her taking a strong international position.
He wee enthusiastioa1], reaeived lay the Chinese in the U.S. In
January 19J6, 'Amg was a member of the r'CC, and also member of a
sub-oanmittue whore failure to agree on the question of authority
in North Kiangru led to three years of civil war.
Dung is a member of rho i xeouti ve Committee of the CCP and
of the Nolitburoj ahairaan of poet-war relief in CCP srOae i and
now Chairman of the North China reople's Uovernnent. bo is now
6& years of age and quite alert.
Chen YiN Chung Chiang Viotor.
Chen Yi was born in Szechwan of a rich landlord faintly. During
World gar I he was with the Labor Corps in France, being also a part..
time student. There he joined the Communiet party. On r eturning to
China he took part in the Kiangei Soviet and at the time of the
"Long iaroh" was left behind to harrass the enemy,. During the gino-
Japanese war he joined the new Fourth Army and in conflict with ?MT
troops gained control of north Kiangeu. His power kept growing, till
attar thersr he controlled most of Shantung. He captured Chi-nan,
ae the most powerful general in
and later established headquarters at Heu Choy
2E(ct' Q'
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Kut China.
Ch'ea Kengs Favorite Dtaoiple of rident Chiang.
Ch'an's iinportanae in Chinese political hiatory lioe not mere]y
in hie iiUtary losdir ship but alno in hie having savor! Chiang Kai-
ohek?e lifo during thu KW Jog-Chou ourohenta' uprising in 1924.
Chen wio born in li d nnq.haian r,, Hunan in 19QI~ (Teong Kuo tan's
hose town) . fiia f auni],y were land,wnvra and he wage trained is the
olaaaiaa , ,tit the age of 12 he joined the army, serving 5 years as a
private. Ids joined the (+oi et party and graduated with thr first
olaoa from tho .hampoa Military Aoadenj. In 1.926 he went to Moscow
ror a year. ?ad3y rounded ut Kung-Chou, ho engaged in Jndsrjouj
Communist work in 3han~ ?haj for two year, then joined the of
Halt Hsiang-oh' ten in 9aeohwan. Reouperating froa a wound in Shang hai
he was arrested and brought before the ne).eralieaimo who urged hia to
return to the KI(i, but without suocees. Chen later became head of the
tied nrw( military eohool at Jui-oht in the Kiangei Soviet (1933j? In
thw war councj),~i of 1940 hit viown prevailed, ar i hia talents were
roco rn1 z4d. kie was captured once, but hie lii'u epared bChiang
bocauas of 1ong.e tanding friendship. kte now heads an aruy of 200,000
in charge of oroaainq the Chaanf, Chiang above iIsnyksou.
Ysh Chien-ying, Vstsr keva ,utiionary
!eh is a native of Kwangtung, born in a msrohon, family in 1903.
He ores greatly stirred by the 1911 Revolution, ran off to a military
school its 1'un.'.stnj, ,where he became scquaint~vd ,.jth ChA h, to
a I" I.
~. I, Vt ?... Li
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3.927 he joined the GOP. During the ceriod of ooogerati:~ bets the
s3i1tiary 8ohool9 beam ao*nder
of the 21st Division undue tha ~wnera-1i,oeiao and
~ later ohief o,t staff
to C1 Fa?K ' uei.
r the ljuan~;Mahou upriaing in 1927, in which
~ ho old i'cI T 'thg
took r. art, he livlnd in hai hidden for two yours , Thnr- ~ spent
twu y are 11929-1931) in the ovi,t Union sty
~ aa-daxn ?ilitas,r,
rsoionoa. cs beaiae Chiuf oi' ;;test' to the tied rr a I,
y is ?ie-nai~ toad
of ttw riili t.ar7 ahoo1. )n thQ ',Lions U rchu he
wan euaober of the
?nlitburo and Chief of btr~t't to thr~ 8th Route &ry.
4i c the ,-tno-Jri a we-r fed der 1oped guorriliu IQP~Lie is L1Uo Quito a cu1tut-J UWLn urid urt-lover.
dun ; ~ei~ PJacetul]y taken over the ,
by c~otu, Yeh
thienirjng a.. end a4 w2d. ue now holds three
important o;ffioeo in
hoed of the military aannittes 4ayor, and road ot the CCP-
rc:41 1i4 h+nn uff iao . ~?rv i diplomat, politician and
military loader.
Nieb lung-chin, f-arrjson Gomnander
Iieh is a n&tive of Chung-ahSing in 8aeahw
aa, born in a Peasants
base in ? 'b a m~U school etudeait ~ t
ootc Mire part in the
4 May 193,9 went. In that year he want F'
to ranee ae a student,
Wrking in rubber and other o n e fact ea. Lnflueno
ed by Ch ? en 'ru?hsiuS o
"TOuth Magajr"e he joined is 1921 the Sooi
+Uat Group of Ghin?ee
atuderttle in Franoe? his intereet shifted from f
iadue tria,l ~a poli ties/
and military reJeatiao of Cbina. In
]923 he went Eras ?aris to Berlin
taking part in the revolutionary tereient there. In 1924 be was sent
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to LLoeQUW wr*re he otudird in the Red Army lnatitut~. Keturldr11 to
China is 1925 be b~'oaa? politioei eeoret my and inetruotor in ttae
fl4 : tiRt* V i4adettV. k$ bf votive Cloa1fl*uniat, he brcui tAVOlved
is the Ku4tg..oho't uprising of 20 r~eroh 1926, and war oon~ +nad on the/
nivel ora t ! ChUX-R"4hW" ? t I took tart in the northern xpedition,
w l involved in the +an-oh1 ang u int , and in 3.931 booan~o po1Lt10e1
Cooml aetu?et tare First Ltd may in Ki*ag$i.
In tho bino-JapL ne$o war he operated behind the Urmue along the Ureet
M with much suoooee, and bear o Dead of thi epoat&1 di?triot of tiopeh
Cbehez. i'ftor the wax ended he b- i aiae the f iret CoenUn& C r&n ral to
control a iaroft r.
1'ong Ytn..oh'ao, Leador art ho ~ionen'e ovum nt.
i.z~g-ohsc~o~ born in Hopah in ]90?, in the wLfe of Chou -n-1ai,
when the met wharf they worn both otwdonta at ttnn4k'13i Unirer5tty in
; a.an-c r&int. 'ahoy no r1 d Logo thor on the paper "Awake /" Chou
wont to ~auropo for st cty, aba taught in the Xei?PtiUC r*ortnai COtMge.
bon he rcturnc.d they wore mod. in Kuaxi -.chow.
In 1926.'1,927 Tmg Yin ,..oh' ao also 1otnod the Coinnuniflt party. The
coupLo warkctd for thu party, fiat &n the KT area and later in the
Kinrn et "soviet area". They book part in the "Long ?aroh"~ tnd in
Shansi eho beoane head of the omen's R~ur~+eu and member of the
Lt1itary Cceopvittee. ithen the CCP and we cooperating in anti-
J anoae reeiet-anoe, he worked hard in this causo, and was one of
two women dalmgatoo Troia ~tt4 CCI' at a oanterenoe called by ~ Ihieag
at Gbu-ling in ~Ar i98 ? In the Border L*egione ehe has been ve?y
votive in promoting organised aettvitiee women. She wee e
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~~ htaite, thn f~~3-
tha ~,nohue, but
w~ler hia iut~-or'? 1~~Eol.i$d. AbOUt the a~ tyn of 12 he gent 4th hl.a bl3thor
iartunc-~ t'ad de and ~aduati~d From tt~r
Japan. '11wrd h4 el ?fU yearn
to study in ~~r~ie
!fit the ttr $ of the Tent1"o in 191,
1,m~~ui ,~ntvnraity. ~ ~n ~einau Jo~an?
to loin in student a;f tot.ho Coma bask to ~~~ ~~
11 ?,q return~~~i to hSe et~t ~
~~t)~ anouclint; very clpaely ~~oci.ated
ratittary ;,oltH' r. U~Uxa ho xt~
in phlloc-a~~hy ~inc1 he j4inaa pith
r rhter Lltor Lry ,itnr-. 1:n 1921
.1 th r-uo Uo"~or ,anal ~ , etreeeed poliGi.nal
, cautivit? &~sine, ehich
~i~o lit f(>>u~d nc thv nt,r
p,houht &d $u1a~~ it~.ct? It W$1 popular but ~ ion vup~'evoed,
p0~,~rnvd
~ thE~ COP. Then
to .1a ~1A. In 1924 ho joined
eo he 'wont back t p d the ~OCia1 ~-aitaAae
oars ? In 1939 ho raufd
~.n iuoP4 taro or tllrc~e y
cl that he ~,ed to
a 1errsr~auta
tin their ;gaper, , but Bra$ o
~,aoic~tY, Adi
a. iot retion in Centre (,hire. a
~ `O Q' ? yet ~ writtdn and tram
man of p1~i~ r
henl~ 3e s ohool, cc? ita hae bee' head of the
a good deal.. blic eohaol of North
.,duoation ox d president a the
~,nisttrhr of r
h ~;~,~, ~oopLa~a GoverUan
is ,~~ a m~nber of the tart
She~10 ~
COP North CbiU tlniv'ereitY?
prident of the
C of Plc~rtiht.
:.;l { !
ham 5ueh-4t~ v" _ ~) Roys~lt
?ml.h was a more
Etueh
Ch
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aacupied in 3331,
"hi h~ahux'~ erg kb then
aut ha 9.n 18%, alt 29 h!~ An tcred the
Hunan L~orma1 school, and aftAr roc1w Lion vlflited ,yhanr*?hni the ~a..?ani
beooxd.n than preoident of the i r]a' Normal in Chr an hi ? At t3,
he *irVfv to krranao 0 tbO noxkor~tUdant plan. Returnr.IM to uhiJ1L in
3$29 ho ?ou f two norm L cchoo1 , }Lo h the diutinction of being
one of M&o Tee'.tungre ~eaahurn.
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l he ~aiand tha x' un~?~et~huie in 192 tho Kl' and at the
afro of o (1926) t?;a CCP. In 1926 he went to ~toecow or a yeaar~e etuc~-
in the Chunj,'han Uni,v~rs,ity. tie he earn ont of the eduoitt1rina laadrS
in thu Ki:tn: ! t eovtot.
-tin dj t tiau3.t1 a to tcaahS np Lh~' Llti neet~ 'r1 ton t*n~rt1H,e loci
him ti.) t1 ivnoi,t.t th -j-ttxijr1 ttinn of thn r3entuJ. +-1.oture Yrr?(.ttnf.
Whon 'ittti ,utd u4ri 'o-;,yen 'rrcirf1 t,~waohl,nr' to VlsrUvodt.}-k ;h 'L93
:ttuy r;uvi mach 1t,'14iy tat) t-lio ?nt,tLeaidnn utind ti thn .~ovtP t IrEton.
Att(l,r tht onE~ .`.,,moil
lotao Chun ( F
't;un, ! I;ni rllt1 IIU LO t.C try Att. 110 thtaariee.
) Authors of "yt L'Ua"e in kur'*nt"
otorm amons 1.ho ox'i.t;Loe rutod ~'eoent~y to ~&LbOrhuptf, over
tJXi o~a1t'-ety1,od disciple of ~a't ttei o Chun.
Ton yei rig tie1ao Wa ')Anni.1(3n5 in -.~hrtnp?ht t. e hspponed
to b(1Curn0 ao.:uaintod v+r1.th to ,ir1n.
tie prided himmelf rm theme ncmtaatt
aid nt LE 1a ft[nc;rnl? claiim d to h-.r an tnt+m!Lu t'r erx1 and "ne]J
appointed" nucoesoc)r.
th i? io i a dicid,ol-.i. e bohemian, depertdin~ on tiwtlte of cox ad
.)~, , ttntu:uit-~ his wrttt.'. Mwi.nu the war ho 'de itie way to
iofl-en, hopinC tQ elbow hie pay into literary otroi e? Jlf tOD tho CCra
domiriaLvd the u ri. head t~ tta-erh-. it been ne their literary oontor, llez'o
ciao lutj nohed a ga*tne , "Cul tuz'o" ? on a a hoes tart rig . Disc ter n ooot
overtook hints for the oritioe coon labeled him an anti-8oviot, "a
muddled t~linker" "unox rhodox" , "antiwpeople".
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ti+ WEUI tidjt~ t bw ~-11h qp 1 tacit! arlt,l nvi~rt' l14y tio d
~irri~ ~t,~ 1o. t +'autl Ut ", Ut-ut~i-;y w 'ttat~'t In Lt~a trim ,aantu' of art. ~hrs joinwd an aucti?4mpnrtaiat
nouiot,y hA. tL in tt1e3 viitLor ~L 1936 ,we t to tt:zi iu ~r r e~et; ~rp,a,t 4r'Y.r)jrjn:~ the w,-u' ?aiui lod a thra,~i-ti.o yruupo to i ;) ,nuiLt o r 1itauwo
agi1 na b Jai'an.
is)r t}!J to tt L, 11 ;; c,.t ; t r d)ad?-outtJ t VU ;)~Uf ,ridc31y uiittitiod.
'tbeh moz)b f" o M' Arr~,kcj&h dm~J.cc~~ in 1~ ~y ~ln a-ii~~ fo of ?
s]~uvo 4r1 wino uurth Riau anti~Jaa? uanae trar u ivt ik.r o'arviada o a nurse
and f,1n:i.11y aer'lc~heci iii cl? oc lt'1tOt.
t~ Ltl~! t~ln
)teadder of Ic~1,11 ;ty ~dork`r.t.
sari t; L)r1 was ~ri11'l* of 1! ~ xJtt, f4:H~i1;:, In ~ill-+yltty, 1. '?t the
,afire of 12 ha w;uc, ',n of 'Ce4y in thu ra;.i lwrt;r nGation t',t Ali' afr"nhkA!
Lbcln l~ r.OmOUiv ILr'rtvri. n 1921 ho iQi1Oc1 tt u~ raliwI./ union in
192,t: .',UJl1:~+R NAI lES ?L/Ni .1 ?22 d' O. kI.J d~i ?r~ ul l.i/ kAiJV1,
t;~e ; r:. iki br~ctiL;w a ?'riton lor.dor and a luader oi.' LoitII"1unLuti
.1 L Y: ho oY~-auLLzud r tl;la b uid nd in .L132 star a Yaollti 1, coteaieear
in Lilt: ovL3t arua, ~uxl .Ltur -~,LtL 3tII '`oi + , tiny in . -1r~tw ..
Liii o.woha J ( " ) boholer wi thout Dagr e.
ain .'Q.MshrI!, whose coal rye is 4riTouwhan, wuci ern ;.rn
~i"1ingi
iiun n~ in 1882. die recoived a o1 w ioul oduoation and ta;i~+d fur the
lteit 4 ' a? da roe but failod to paea. It. 18 i e or,tor4Jd Uic tuorin .
eohool in Chr eng-teh,, pond in 190L was s ont to study in d.-r~ *t
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o ermaent expenee? Mere he joined the T~wtg SIcr"tf2ie end taught for' two
he w?nt to Moeoow. Me was a amber of the sixth National Coagi ssS CCP.
splita 14n took p9 rt in the Lan*oh' ang urprising wider bo Sung. In 1928
ho/ding important poets in t e KWT otter Bun's death. Alter the 1921
at the time off' its tour'dtng. 7roa 1921 to 1925 he worked with I. uri,
and cnana (3flA9175)? in 3920 b? josa.?a the ouniat party
and later was asaooiated wit: T'an l 'd (113?2e 3OO 12781)
gtvmn
ysg's in Chi Un, wanobarta. In 1949 be worked for the revolu#do~a iA
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all tour are oonsidered leftists.
KMT, the others being Cbou ns'1ai Yeh Chien"yin8 and Tung Pi.+ru,
Japmneee. H. was one of four CCP delegetoe in peace talks with the
3.itiosl and finanoiale+ders of the COP. He speaks Russian and
po
giangsi eotiet area of a linanoisi oftioer. He has been one of the
1. taught in Po-li (gharbasovek) 39295931, going iron there to the
j*i- ) First to Croes the 'iVer
Kuin Wen?eroi oawee of a peasant fad near Tenaysng in eouthern
Kiangsu. As a niddts sohool student he was ImPrisoned for eeverd
are to reform his thinking but without avail. L first eerved
a'
oa the ?w psnsh ~riq under Ohaen Yip io r egsrds him high2 r. He
flaw ooam a robile group in the tai No region and was the first
to reach the Ohaang ahiang in the imke of retreatingT troops. It
is likely that kds oaaamand wi11 epwcherd the oroeeing of the river.
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Ohio Shia4t ( L) Bret Remit acne.
C. a -ii is a very fob ~rritere use etori1M1 ear dry are
very popular, and it epee the utbitt quad despair Of 'aung propagandists.
Ohoo eras born tap a form end wif i31wsya be a rwstie. Tboagh an
editor for the gOY.rswnt duo hd epen t* eight a~oatbs of every year
ama~gg the rwal people owing nothing about hie appearanoei diuoouraing
as a peripatetio phi3oeophor on life, diathi marriage and other vital
gaeetions. Aslcad about his iiriting' he said he etap]y told tho story
of the oountry tblk and eacpreevod the thoughts in their hearts. As
to styli his smart+t is in three words i atmple ~ saoothe true.
List 5hao^oh'I ( _yv . ) 9uoo~esor to uao Tee^tuag.
J
Liu Shaoiisoh' i boom in Hunan about 1905, pats an early laadea' in labor
agitation. Though poseeesed of a middle eohool eduoation ~~i he
holds high plaoe in the 4omtIn1.et party. tlis reputation does not
equal that of Ghou En?Iai or TA,n pooh' u1 but he ie high' ..cased
by Mao Tee-tong.
tip it serious in diepoeition yet very enthusiaetio in 5srtJ
wo*. He entered the oanuniet party very early in 19231 and was
quite aotive in labor aove me in Central China. He quiolcly attained
pr'oad,nent laM 'chip among the eorkera.
In 1928 he was reoretary of th bor movement oosittee of the
COP. and is 1931was o en member of the Central Committee of the
C :: "e A! :at v!1 ~ i Tr 1933 ,ha woe of the National Labor
Union and led labor agitation in the eov t mama, oa:Lling for unlimited
SEKE1
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.as. tnoroaee and better trratm.nt. Ns aobilts.d a worlosre' dtvisioa ha
the Red Army. 1fe hod various high poets and was polittorl OarSi$S$T fOr
the 9th Areay under Lo 4n-Iiui. In Y 1931 he was o member of the P
Coi W'.e$ which denounced the etntskes of the liter s tages of the 3rrset
erroers~nt and took a strong .tend a a~vob Chen Kuo?4'aoi supporting Sao
At the seventh Con1ross in 1915 he was elected to the Central
Cos~itts- and the ?olitburo. 1t is one or tf,o elder statesmen is the
Cc rgntet patty and looked upon as a likely euooeesor to Mao a.- and.
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oars is saran about 3907? studied tt.re and in Moeaar. rriied
Lt k'o?ohten Political Oomeaiss ar to y i rit , 111.4 alts 1927.
Chang 'x' ai-] ei ( fL1)
Member of the earliet soai4Ltst youth troupe 1918. One of to
eight founders of the Chinese Coronuniet Youth in 192Os htoh joined
the international orgsnizat; on and in 1925 changed its nne to
untst youth Croup. One of tie instigators in the "Canton Gomunep
of Leo.aber 19$7s and perished in the righting.
Ohio n (I.1 t )
A native of Raaeohwane cadre leader in the etudent aove of
NM$7 ie' 1919. About 3920 w.nt to nae in the wcaclaiar-et *dant p3an.
ra fanoee joined Ca msniat trt a and Brae virile leader of Ghineee
shits there. tm rwieuru l iii of c:e! c~i
Killed iA 8h*n.'hd in 1927.
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wsi Kung-ohib ( I ~a :/?4t 7i
Dorn !n Iloiun in 3909. Ae aaddle school a cadent in g' ai f n ,
worlosd in "on' e propai&nda bureau of 'eop1e's Revolutionar Ar~gr
Joined Uouuuntt party, WuMn, 3927 ? ' orked seoxetly in T arears 1927
1929. In 1929, studied in Pater and Mosoow. In 1930, /returned to Kianpi
eori,et. In 1932 helped organise dramatic troupe. In 1916 heeded
epeople's Anti?lapsneee Drama SoetetyN. In 1936 married xeh Chien.
Teo Chuan (
Oont of peaant f* 1y in Hunan in 1906. Graduated earliest clue
Wbaapoa 1IiUt127 Academy. -erod KMT ]$22"23; joined 04P, 1925.
Cow of *tt,*liOn in rerolutiotisry army, 1925.4927. 5tuited
tour yeare to Ned +tr College in Moeoow~ beginntng 1927. Returned
to Iciangei eoviet~ 1930, ooamandex~ o.t' 1st z'my Group. Spoke Rwisian..
Chao Po 4heng
N&tive of North China. Joined k'ong Yu-hemp a people's 'hr
also searot1y, COP. After reorganisation off' eoplo' e A r' was ohiaf
of eta'f to ~yun 4nzng'e 26t ~toute Arap-. Wae leader in uprieing
of 20,000 men at Ning?tu in Ztangei, 1 Deoeaber 1931, "hen these
20x040 entered fled .rapt, thgy benacae 5th Arm Group (the only group
that fought a real bsttle); be sea po3itioal caa deer to this groups
and died in botye.
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Tin 'ahih e n ( ' ~ k,. )
Morn in Ei*ngii about 39945 3.adee in USrrt1]- work imd Rsd ',ray,
aov~aiente. Caaeia-nder 1Oh Aql ? Wh.n i was
left behind at Yi~r+~rsK bus. This bwe was takes in 1935? He wee shot
and i%i/ troops destroyed.
Hsia -+ei ( q
Native oL -tun nj eahoo3*ite and wat'u, fiend of ~tao Tse?4ung.
44b4er of Uunan~isnpsh snvi head of politioal bure*u. Killed in
hweiobow in 1936.
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Qh its-pd ( 7 /'` )
Horn of a bankrttpt official's ramil7 in Cb! ang?obou, Kiangsu. One
of earliest Chinese students in Uoiaow. s-bo it 3923 organized Moooow
brunoh of COP. Was seoond secretary of ~ i suaoeeding Ch! on T'w,haiu
(1927.28) ? Xiu.d in `I1n-ohou, Iukien, in 2$3L. Cne of the eerlieet
ArJu'Leit theorists in C)jpa
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Hest ~~ 7
-.ki n is 8 pHun in 389?a I!% ]919 w1 tb T*'i. 011' 1
orgsnisid E1wun labor rem group, In 1922 Married Ts' ai Ho shw
in yranoe. OldMt woaaa bsr of CCP. Studied in Soviet in 1927.
Arrested and shot in Hin-k oa,. Cal1ed "Mother of Revolution.
&~4 rr,r ( - _) ;, ,
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Iaportant esr r ~e iber C(i , third general seorotary. Killed in
l93.
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Rr. rr;.
Ku ho lm ( /;? 'i )
in dceoo#'. ~41nth foort't&17 Ch1IW-eo
N*tive of I!wtana studied
t oath MI*ttG' i'oUtburo, Kit(i sovl,at. Ci$t of illness 3$)).
Ccunmunie x
n,1ue iiopob eoholax? 1J1I$1' in &i I4OV2ronti? Ubrariafl,
;'ekia~ 4niyereit7 v .caked with `Ai-hit a. L1X$outtfd in 1928.
ps.tg p'ai (
Born is a rich landowrwrr f1]7 in H$j Z$ --Lwd~ng region
South Kwangtung. Joined the Co ete booauee of his sympAth7
with the revolution. ~rola 32~ to 1927 worked to organ1.ae the
piU$flt$. ~ ieauted in han hai in ur~roh 1928.
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uang K~"lirh (. f]; )
Native of k1unan organized the first eovlet in that province in
1928i organized guerrilla band; killed in action 1932?
Chon #' ang c
Native of North China entered Feng A hatang' a t'eople' n "2'uy.
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Gumcnuniet Arch' Q ' . ? a liUed in aotion 1937
Chen p*-lain ( )
I ~. a
porn in Huai-nl ng (t* forte .oh' ing) anhweia in 1897.
fsniot$ eoholar and author. pause or sudden changes in thinking,
ex 11ed lroa both KID and CGA. ied in Gb ungChhing during the ear.