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Kang Sheng (Chinese: 康 生; pinyin: Kāng Shēng; 4 November 1898 – 16 December 1975) was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, best known for having overseen the work of the CCP's internal security and intelligence apparatus during the early 1940s and again at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- “China's Beria”
- Mao Zedong
- Intelligence Chief, Spymaster
- Chinese Communist Party (expelled posthumously)
Mar 18, 2024 · Kang Sheng (born 1898, Zhucheng, Shandong province, China—died Dec. 16, 1975, Beijing) was a Chinese communist official who is considered to have been one of the three or four most powerful individuals in the government during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76). Most Chinese communist leaders belonged to the peasantry, but Kang was born into ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 26, 1992 · Kang Sheng, it became clear, had played a pivotal role in the persecution of hundreds of thousands of individuals, including the highest-ranking officials in the government and party; he...
They were overseen by Mao’s security chief Kang Sheng, who was famous for dressing in black, riding a black horse, carrying a black whip and being accompanied by a vicious black dog. Kang was brutal and calculating, skilled at levying false accusations and extracting false confessions.
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Kang Sheng ( Chinese: 康 生; pinyin: Kāng Shēng; 4 November 1898 – 16 December 1975) was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, best known for having overseen the work of the CCP's internal security and intelligence apparatus during the early 1940s and again at the height of the Cultural Revolution in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A ...
Kang Sheng (1898-1975, Wade-Giles: K’ang Sheng ), was a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and head of the party’s intelligent bureau or secret police for more than three decades. Kang was born into a land-owning family in Shandong province and attended a boys’ elementary school.
