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Taixing Taixing () is a county-level city under the administration of Taizhou, Jiangsu province, China. It is located in the Yangtze River Delta, bordering the prefecture-level cities of Nantong to the east, Changzhou to the southwest, and Zhenjiang to th ...

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Korean War , date = {{Ubl, 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953 (''de facto'')({{Age in years, months, weeks and days, month1=6, day1=25, year1=1950, month2=7, day2=27, year2=1953), 25 June 1950 – present (''de jure'')({{Age in years, months, weeks a ...

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, remembered for his efforts and death in the

.永远的丰碑：杨根思
/ref> A frequent topic of Communist Chinese propaganda, the people of the republic were taught to emulate his acts in their daily lives. Gensi was born in a poor peasant family in Taixing, Jiangsu Province. According to the stories about him, his family was killed by "landlords and capitalists" and he swore revenge and to overthrow the regime.特级英雄杨根思：与40余敌人同归于尽_新闻_腾讯网
/ref> He joined the

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in 1944 and joined the Communist Party in 1945. In October 1950, his unit entered the Korean War as part of the People's Volunteer Army to support the communist

against the

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-backed

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. In November of the same year, Yang Gensi was killed when protecting a strategic position. According to the official story, after withstanding eight waves of attacks, only he and two injured soldiers remained alive in the fortification, and they were out of ammunition. He threw himself into a group of more than 40 American soldiers while holding a satchel charge, sacrificing his life and killing the American soldiers. In 1952, the Chinese authorities gave him the honorary title of "super hero". The Yang Gensi Memorial Park was established in 1955.Yang Gensi martyr tourism, Yang Gensi martyr tickets and pictures about China Tourism « China Travel Guide, China Tours, Travel to China
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