Li Zhusheng () (1903 – 1973), also known as Li Mengda (), alias Yu Qiquan (), was a member of the

28 Bolsheviks The 28 (and a half) Bolsheviks (二十八个半布尔什维克) were a group of Chinese students who studied at the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University from the late 1920s until early 1935, also known as the "Returned Students". The university was found ...

. He was born in

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Province. In 1925, he left Anqing for the

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, where he studied at

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. In January 1937, he returned to China and went to

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. On June 26, 1934, he was arrested by the

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secret police, and while imprisoned, betrayed other members of the

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, including Sheng Zhongliang, another member of the 28 Bolsheviks who he had been classmates with in

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. In January 1935, he was given a position as a Russian language translator on the behalf of the

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. In 1939, he was made a formal member of the Kuomintang. In 1948, he was made head Russian translator in Shanghai. In March 1951, he was arrested by the

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police and brought to

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, where he was imprisoned in

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. He died of old age in prison.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Zhusheng, Li 1903 births 1973 deaths Moscow Sun Yat-sen University alumni