Chen Yi

Chen Yi

male, deceased (1972)
People's Liberation Army, Marshal of China, Mayor of Shanghai, China Foreign Affairs University, Communist Party of China, Cultural Revolution…Chinese Civil War, sino-japanese war
Chen Yi (August 26, 1901 - June 6, 1972) was a Chinese communist military commander and politician. He was born in Lezhi, near Chengdu, Sichuan,...
Soong Ching-Ling

Soong Ching-Ling

female, deceased (1981)
Women leader of China, chinese, kuomintang, communist, hakka, wesleyan college…sino-japanese war, Chinese Civil War
Soong Ch'ing-ling (January 27, 1893 - May 29, 1981) was one of the Soong sisters-three sisters whose husbands were amongst China's most significant...
Shiro Ishii

Shiro Ishii

male, deceased (1959)
bubonic plague, World War I, sino-japanese war, anthrax, biological warfare, medicine…Imperial Japanese Army
Microbiologist Shiro Ishii was the Lieutenant General of Unit 731, a biological-warfare unit of the Imperial Japanese Army during the Sino-Japanese...
Claire Lee Chennault

Claire Lee Chennault

male, deceased (1958)
From Ferriday, Louisiana, anti-communist, Recipient of Distinguished Service Medal, US Army Air Corps, ROTC, Buried at Arlington National Cemetery…World War II, World War I, sino-japanese war
Lt. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault, was a United States aviator famous for commanding the "Flying Tigers" during World War II.
Shen Congwen

Shen Congwen

male, deceased (1988)
writer, hmong, sino-japanese war, chinese, miao, Chinese literature…Second Sino-Japanese War
Shen Congwen was the pen name of a Chinese writer from the May Fourth Movement. He was known for combining the vernacular style of writing with...
Du Yuming

Du Yuming

male, deceased (1981)
Whampoa Military Academy alumni, Whampoa Military Academy, kuomintang, spy, manchuria, yunnan…Chinese Civil War, sino-japanese war, Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II
Du Yuming or Tu Yü-ming (wg) (杜聿明) (November 28, 1903-May 7, 1981) was a Kuomintang field commander active in the Sino-Japanese War (1937-1...
Kobayashi Kiyochika

Kobayashi Kiyochika

male, deceased (1915)
russo-japanese war, sino-japanese war, ukiyo-e, meiji period, First Sino-Japanese War, Ukiyo-e artist
Kobayashi Kiyochika was a Japanese "ukiyo-e" painter and printmaker of the Meiji period, most known for his prints of scenes around Tokyo which...
Chiang Yee

Chiang Yee

male, deceased (1977)
The Silent Traveller in Wartime, Chinese American, Nanjing University Alumni, Oct 26, writer, Republic of China poet…Second Sino-Japanese War, World War II, sino-japanese war
Chiang Yee (May 191903 – Oct 26,1977), later Jiang Yi in the Pinyin spelling system, self-styled as "The Silent Traveller", was a Chinese poet, au...
Xu Xiangqian

Xu Xiangqian

male, deceased (1990)
Marshal of China, chinese, sino-japanese war, Leader of the Communist Party of China, commissar, shanxi
Xu Xiangqian (November 8, 1901 - September 21, 1990) was a prominent Communist military leader in the People's Republic of China. He was born in...
Xue Yue

Xue Yue

male, deceased (1998)
Whampoa Military Academy alumni, Long March, Soong Mei-ling, Northern and Eastern Honan 1938, Eastern Honan Army, Claire Chennault…sino-japanese war
Xue Yue was one of Nationalist China's best generals. Nicknamed by General Claire Chennault of Flying Tigers fame as the Patton of Asia. Born to a...