Zhao Shiyan Explained

Office1:Member of the 5th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
Term Start1:9 May 1927
Term End1:19 July 1927
1Blankname1:General Secretary
1Namedata1:Chen Duxiu
Zhao Shiyan
Native Name:赵世炎
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Date:1901 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Youyang Zhou, Sichuan, Qing China
Death Place:Shanghai, Republic of China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Spouse:Xia Zhixu
Children:2 sons
Parents:Zhao Dengzhi
Relations:Zhao Juntao (sister)
Li Shuoxun (brother-in-law)
Li Peng (nephew)
Alma Mater:High School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University
Module:
Child:yes
Order:st
P:Zhào Shìyán
Also Known As:Courtesy name
S2:[1]
P2:Qíng Sūn

Zhao Shiyan (; 13 April 1901–19 July 1927) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and former Chinese premier Li Peng's uncle.

Biography

Zhao was born in Youyang Zhou, Sichuan (now Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County, Chongqing), on 13 April 1901, to Zhao Dengzhi . In 1915, Zhao went to Beijing to study at the High School Affiliated with Beijing Normal University and majored in English. In 1919, he participated in the May Fourth Movement, China Youth Association. The following year, he went to France to study, co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).[2] In 1922, Zhao Shiyan and Ho Chi Minh were invited to join the French Communist Party. In 1922, he went to the Soviet Union and studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East. In 1923, he was appointed as CCP Committee Chairman of Beijing. In the same year in December, he was appointed as Chairman of the Northern Bureau of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

In 1926, Zhao was sent to Shanghai with Zhou Enlai to lead the workers' armed uprising during the Northern Expedition. On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a coup against his communist allies and massacred them in Shanghai. After Chen Yannian was arrested by Kuomintang, Zhao took over as secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP. Zhao was arrested at his home on North Sichuan Road on 2 July because a renegade betrayed him. He was executed in Shanghai on 19 July.

Works

Personal life

Zhao married Xia Zhixu, the couple had two sons, Zhao Shige and Zhao Lingchao .

Zhao's sister Zhao Juntao married Li Shuoxun. Their son, Li Peng served as China's premier from 1987 to 1998.

See also

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: zh:赵世炎文集 . Collected Works of Zhao Shiyan. 2013 . People's Publishing House . Beijing . 9787010127149.
  2. Li, "the passage of years," Introduction: (I) visited the Chen Yi. His study in France remember very clearly, so talk about it in detail. In addition to the fact that after he talked about, but also made some very valuable advice. He said: "Zhao Shiyan was the party, when we caught up in Lyon, locked up after they leave the territory he has to go to study in the Soviet Union; and our group of people arrested, were escorted home. Although he is well-known martyrs of our party, I always thought he was doing so bad. leading party members Dangtao Bing, a bad influence among the masses."

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