Nien Cheng

Nien Cheng

female, 94 years old
Nien Cheng, born in Beijing on January 28, 1915, is a Chinese American author who recounted her harrowing experiences of the Cultural Revolution in...
Wei Jingsheng

Wei Jingsheng

male, 59 years old
Wei Jingsheng (born May 20, 1950) is an activist in the Chinese democracy movement, most prominent for authoring the document, "Fifth...
Wang Hongwen

Wang Hongwen

male, deceased (1992)
Wang Hongwen was the youngest member of the Gang of Four. Wang was born in a village outside Xinjing in Japanese-controlled Manchukuo. He took part...
Bei Dao

Bei Dao

male, 60 years old
Bei Dao is the pseudonym of Chinese poet Zhao Zhenkai. He was born in Beijing, his pseudonym was chosen because he came from the north and because...
Xie Fuzhi

Xie Fuzhi

male
Xie Fuzhi (谢富治) (1909-1972) was a Chinese radical intellectual who became influential within the Communist Party of China during the Cultural Revolu...
Wang Guangmei

Wang Guangmei

female, deceased (2006)
Wang Guangmei (Chinese: 王光美; Pinyin:Wáng Guāngmĕi, 26 September 1921 - 13 October 2006) was the wife of Liu Shaoqi, who briefly served as the Presi...
Deng Pufang

Deng Pufang

male, 65 years old
Deng Pufang (born 16 April 1944) is the first son of Deng Xiaoping and his third wife Zhuo Lin. He is considered a member of the Crown Prince...
Yuan Weishi

Yuan Weishi

male
Yuan Weishi, is a professor of philosophy at Zhongshan University in Guangzhou, China. He was born in Xingning, Guangdong, in December 1931. In the...
Kullervo Manner

Kullervo Manner

male, deceased (1939)
Kullervo Manner was a Finnish Communist leader. During the Finnish Civil War, Manner was the leader of the Red Guards and was made Prime Minister...
Eino Rahja

Eino Rahja

male, deceased (1936)
Eino Rahja (1885 - 1936) was a Finnish-Russian politician who joined the Bolshevik Party in 1903. Rahja organized Lenins temporary escape to...