Zhang Chunqiao

Zhang Chunqiao

male, deceased (2005)
cancer death, maoist, Yan'an, Cultural Revolution, Communist Party of China, From shandong
Zhang Chunqiao (1917-April 21, 2005) was a member of the Gang of Four. He worked as a writer in Shanghai in the 1930s. After the Yan'an conference...
Chen Boda

Chen Boda

male, deceased (1989)
communist, politburo, chen, editor, Leader of the Communist Party of China, gang of four
Chen Boda was born 1904 in Hui'an (Fujian province, China) and died on 20 September 1989 in Beijing. He was a communist organizer who participated...
Yang Hucheng

Yang Hucheng

male, deceased (1949)
Warlord in Republican China, bandit, kuomintang, General, nanjing, shaanxi
Yang Hucheng (26 November 1893 - 6 September 1949) was a Chinese warlord during the Warlord Era of Republican China and Kuomintang general during...
Li Zicheng

Li Zicheng

male, deceased (1645)
henan, monk, Shunwang, Shun Dynasty, manchu, Chongzhen Emperor
Li Zicheng (September 22, 1606 - 1644), born Lĭ Hóngjī (鴻基), was a rebel in late Ming Dynasty China who proclaimed himself Chuǎng Wáng (闖王), or...

Zhuo Lin

female
chinese, yunnan, Communist Party of China, Wade-Giles, Yan'an
Zhuo Lin (卓琳) (Wade-Giles: Chuo Lin or Cho Lin) was the third wife of Deng Xiaoping. The daughter of an industrialist in Yunnan Province. She beca...
Xian Xinghai

Xian Xinghai

male, deceased (1945)
Child of the Motherland, from Panyu, macau, Shanghai National Music Conservatory, piano, violin
Xian Xinghai into a family of a poor sailor, Xian started learning clarinet in 1918 at the YMCA charity school attached to the Lingnan University...

Xiang Ying

male
World War II, New Fourth Army Incident, Jiangxi Soviet, Guomindang, Long March, Yan'an
Xiang Ying (1895(?)-1941) was a war-time Chinese communist leader reaching the rank of political chief of staff of the New Fourth Army during World...

Wang Quan'An

male, 44 years old
film director, chinese, Beijing Film Academy, Yan'an, from Shaanxi, Fang zhi guniang
Wang Quan'an (b. 1965) is a Sixth Generation Chinese film director. Wang was born in Yan'an, China. He graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in...
Helen Foster Snow

Helen Foster Snow

female
Brigham Young University, The Song of Ariran, December 9th Movement, American expatriate in China, Red Dust, Yan'an
Helen Foster Snow (1907-1997) is an American journalist who reported from China in the 1930s under the name "Nym Wales" on the developing...

Peter Vladimirov

male, deceased (1953)
second world war, soviet, peter, comintern, Communist Party of China, Yenan
Peter or Pyotr Parfenovich Vladimirov (1905 - 10 September 1953) is best known for "The Vladimirov Diaries", in which he recounted the events in...