Chen Zaidao (, 24 January 1909 – 6 April 1993) was a Chinese general in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the China, People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five Military branch, service branches: the People's ...

, who commanded the Wuhan Military Region from 1954 to 1967. He is most noted for having arrested pro-Mao

Xie Fuzhi Xie Fuzhi (; 26 September 1909 – 26 March 1972) was a Chinese Communist Party military commander, political commissar, and national security specialist. He was born in 1909 in Hong'an County, Hubei and died in Beijing in 1972. Xie was known ...

and Wang Li during the Wuhan Incident in July 1967.Thomas W. Robinson. "The Wuhan Incident: Local Strife and Provincial Rebellion During the Cultural Revolution," ''The China Quarterly'' (1971), 47: pp. 413-18. He was promptly dismissed after the incident, but was rehabilitated in 1972 and entered the

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in 1978. During the

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of spring 1989, Chen Zaidao joined former Minister of Defense

Zhang Aiping Zhang Aiping (; born January 9, 1910 in Da County, Sichuan; died July 5, 2003 in Beijing) was a Chinese military leader. Biography Zhang joined the Communist Party of China in 1928 after taking part in a communist-led rural uprising. He partic ...

and five other retired generals in opposing the enforcement of martial law by the Army in Beijing.

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1909 births 1993 deaths Victims of the Cultural Revolution Politicians from Huanggang People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Commanders of the Henan Military District Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference {{China-mil-bio-stub

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