Liu Shaoqi
Also known as Shaoqi Liu
2nd President of the People's Republic of China (1898–1969)
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Liu Shaoqi was the second president of communist China from 1959 to 1966, serving as one of the country's top leaders alongside Mao Zedong. He matters historically because his political career and fall from power during the Cultural Revolution reflect the internal power struggles that shaped modern China's development.
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- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1969
- Works
- 84
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- Collected works of Liu Shao-chʻi, before 1944
- 中國共產黨黨章及關於修改黨章的報告
- 劉少奇關於土地改革問題的報告
- 土改整黨典型經驗
- 高擧毛澤東思想的革命旗幟前進
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Liu Shaoqi (Chinese: 刘少奇; pronounced [ljǒʊ ʂâʊtɕʰǐ]; 24 November 1898 – 12 November 1969) was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1954 to 1959, first-ranking vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1956 to 1966, and the chairman of the People's Republic of China (president of China) from 1959 to 1968. He was considered to be a possible successor to Chairman Mao Zedong, but was purged during the Cultural Revolution.
In his early years, Liu participated in the labor movement, including the May Thirtieth Movement. After the Chinese Civil War began in 1927, he was assigned by the CCP to work in Shanghai and Northeast China, and travelled to the Jiangxi Soviet in 1932. He participated in the Long March, and was appointed as the Party Secretary in North China in 1936 to lead anti-Japanese resistance efforts in the area. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Liu led the CCP's Central Plains Bureau. After the New Fourth Army incident in 1941, Liu became a political commissar of the New Fourth Army. After Liu returned to Yan'an in 1943, he became a secretary of the CCP Secretariat and a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission.
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