Fang Zhimin (,

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: Fang Chih Min; August 21, 1899 – August 6, 1935) was a

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military and political leader.

Life

Born in a poor peasant household in Yixian,

Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north int ...

Province, Fang joined the

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in 1924 and assisted in setting up a provincial party organization. After the failure of the Shanghai Uprising in 1927, Fang returned to Jiangxi, where he worked in organizing the peasantry and urged them to take part in armed uprisings. From 1928 to 1933 Fang conducted guerrilla operations, enacted

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s, established a base area in the border area of Jiangxi and

Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its cap ...

provinces, and organized a section of the

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Death

Fang was later elected a member of the Central Committee during the sixth session of the Fifth Party Congress. Fang was captured by the

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Tai ...

in January 1935 and executed on August 6, 1935. The 2015 opera ''

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 ...

'' commemorates his life and death. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fang, Zhimin 1899 births 1935 deaths Chinese Communist Party politicians from Jiangxi Politicians from Shangrao Republic of China politicians from Jiangxi Chinese Red Army generals Generals from Jiangxi Executed Republic of China people People executed by the Republic of China by firing squad Executed people from Jiangxi