Fang Zhichun () (September 11, 1905 – July 31, 1993) was a
People's Republic of China
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politician. He was a cousin of
Fang Zhimin
Fang Zhimin (, Wade–Giles: Fang Chih Min; August 21, 1899 – August 6, 1935) was a Chinese communist military and political leader.
Life
Born in a poor peasant household in Yixian, Jiangxi Province, Fang joined the Chinese Communist Party in ...
. He was born in
Yiyang County, Jiangxi
Yiyang () is a county located in the center of the prefecture-level city of Shangrao, in the northeast of Jiangxi province, People's Republic of China
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Province. He joined the
Communist Party of China
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in 1924 and participated in the
Nanchang Uprising
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The Kuomint ...
of August 1927. In January 1928, along with his cousin and
Huang Dao
Huang Dao (; April 25, 1900 – May 23, 1939) original name Huang Duanzhang (), also known as Yiming () was a member of the Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army and the New Fourth Army. He was born in Hengfeng County, Jiangxi Province. He was th ...
, he organized an uprising in
Hengfeng County
Hengfeng County () is a small county under the administration of Shangrao city, Jiangxi province, China. It is located in the centre of Shangrao city, about from Shangrao Xinzhou District which is the locality of the municipality.
History
Hen ...
, Jiangxi Province. In 1937 he went to
Yan'an
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,
Shaanxi
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Province and in 1938 he went to the
Soviet Union
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. After returning to China, he was arrested and imprisoned in
Xinjiang
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by local warlord
Sheng Shicai
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. In June 1946, he married Zhu Danhua, the widow of
Mao Zedong
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's younger brother
Mao Zemin
Mao Zemin (; April 3, 1896 – September 27, 1943), also using Zhou Bin () as his alias, was born in Xiangtan, Hunan province. He was the head of the state bank of the Chinese Soviet Republic in Ruijin and also the Minister of National Econo ...
, and became the stepfather Mao Zedong's nephew
Mao Yuanxin
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.
1905 births
1993 deaths
People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi
Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangxi
Governors of Jiangxi
Chinese Red Army generals
Politicians from Shangrao
Generals from Jiangxi
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