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Liu Shaoqi , or Liu Shao-ch’i, (born Nov. 24, 1898, Ningxiang district, Hunan province, China—died Nov. 12, 1969, Kaifeng, Henan province), Chairman of the People’s Republic of China (1959–68) and chief theoretician of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). An activist communist background from the 1920s helped Liu’s rise within the CCP ...
Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969) was a prominent Chinese politician and one of the key figures in the early years of the People’s Republic of China. In April 1959, Mao Zedong, Chairman of the Communist Party of China, stepped down as the head of state of China. He was succeeded to the position by Liu Shaoqi.
May 23, 2018 · views 3,842,506 updated May 23 2018. Liu Shaoqi (1898–1974) Chinese statesman, chairman (1959–68) of the People's Republic of China. A leader of the trades union movement, Liu Shaoqi was the chief theorist of the early Chinese Communist Party. In 1949, he became chief vice-chairman of the party.
This article was most recently revised and updated by Kenneth Pletcher. Liu Shaoqi - Cultural Revolution, Maoism, Purge: The causes of Liu’s fall (and events leading to Lin Biao’s death) are not clear. For several years the names of Liu, Deng, and Lin were linked, and the three were condemned in the party press as “capitalist roaders ...
Death and Transfiguration: Liu Shaoqi's Rehabilitation and Contemporary. Chinese Politics. LOWELL DITTMER. L iu Shaoqi's most recent debut is only the last in a kaleidoscopic series of changing appearances, ranging from the early hagiographical memoirs to the demonologies of the Cultural Revolution back to his posthumous apotheosis.
Liu Shaoqi: How to be a good communist (1939) In 1939 the future Chinese Communist Party leader Liu Shaoqi wrote a short book titled How to be a Good Communist. It became one of the party’s most influential tracts. This excerpt is from chapter six and focuses on the personal interests of party members:
Abstract. Liu Shaoqi, the highest-ranking Chinese Communist leader to fall victim to China's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was posthumously rehabilitated in spring 1980. His rehabilitation was accompanied by the publication of new materials on his life and career, enabling us to fill in various lacunae and to attempt a more ...
