“2. The General Programme of the Party Constitution”
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Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi was a Chinese revolutionary and politician. He was the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from 1954 to 1959, first-ranking vice chairman of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 1956 to 1966, and the chairman of the People's Republic of China from 1959 to 1968. He was considered to be a possible successor to Chairman Mao Zedong, but was purged during t…
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politics · President of China from 1959 to 1968 · politician · trade unionist · also Liu Shaoqi, Shaoqi Liu, Shaoqi
Born 24 November 1898 · Died 12 November 1969 · Q16988
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2026· 21 entries
“6. Conclusion: Genuine Patriotism is Intimately Connected with Internationalism”
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“5. The Progressive Character of Bourgeois Nationalism in Given Historical Conditions and the Marxist-Leninist Attitude Toward Such Nationalism”
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“4. The Two Great Camps in the World of Today and the Path of the National Liberation Movement”
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“3. The Present Conditions of Oppressor Nations and Oppressed Nations”
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“2. The Proletarian-Internationalist Concept of the Nation”
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“1.The Bourgeois-Nationalist Concept of the Nation”
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“5. Democratic Centralism Within the Party”
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“4. Concerning the Mass Line of Our Party”
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“3. Concerning the Characteristics of the Chinese Revolution”
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“You are a servant of the people when you clean the latrines, and I am also a servant of the people when I am the chairman. This is just a difference in the division of labor in the revolution, and both are indispensable parts of the revolutionary cause.”
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“If there are capable business departments to do all aspects of the work, the Party committee can free up its hands to do what it should do. … It can stand in a supervisory position to guide and help the work of business departments, that is, to manage cadres, inspect work, and do political and ideological work, without having to directly manage their business. … In the future, the Party”
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“The more industries that develop blindly, the greater the difficulties will be. Here is a lesson: not all development is good. If development is not planned and has a future, development itself is destructive.”
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“We explained to these people that if we did not support Soviet troops stationed in Port Arthur when we ourselves could not even defend our own coastline, it would be aiding imperialism. Regarding the Mongolian People”
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“Among the democratic parties, students, and workers, some raised the issues of Soviet troops stationed in Port Arthur, Mongolian independence, and the removal of machinery from Northeast China by the Soviet Union.”
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“On a Question in the Historical Lessons of the Great Revolution”
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“The Lessons We Should Learn from the Beiping Issue”
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“If a trade union does not have a real workers”
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“Two Issues in Trade Union Work”
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“What the workers hope for is to solve the current living problems. If the railway and mining bureaus do not send plenipotentiary representatives to start with the negotiation conditions, and only use a ridiculous empty word as an answer, in fact, I am afraid that it will not be solved.”
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Moviefone: Liu Shaoqi President of the Republic - Where to Watch
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2018· 1 entry
中国日报网: Xi salutes late leader Liu Shaoqi's high spirit
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2014· 2 entries
China Internet Information Center: Purged chairman Liu Shaoqi in the eyes of his Russian grandson
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中国日报网: Liu Shaoqi Memorial Hall
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2011· 1 entry
China Internet Information Center: Rehabilitation of Liu Shaoqi (Feb. 1980)
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2008· 1 entry
China held an event to commemorate the 110th anniversary of Liu's birth
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2000· 1 entry
The place where Liu died was listed as the third batch of provincial cultural relics protection units in Henan Province and a moral education base for primary and secondary schools
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1988· 2 entries
A full-body bronze statue of Liu Shaoqi was erected at the Liu Shaoqi Memorial Square in Huaminglou, Ningxiang County, Hunan Province
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His ancestral home in Huaminglou Tanzichong, Ningxiang County, Hunan Province, his birthplace, was also renovated and named after Liu Shaoqi's former residence, which is one of the key cultural relics protection units in
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1981· 1 entry
Jiang Qing, Chen Boda and others were sentenced to death with a reprieve and imprisonment respectively for allegedly organizing and participating in false accusations, framing and persecuting Liu to death
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1975· 1 entry
To amend the Constitution and formally abolish it
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1969· 2 entries
Died 1969-11-12.
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Wang Guangmei, was thrown into prison by Mao during the Cultural Revolution; she was subjected to harsh conditions in solitary confinement for more than a decade
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1968· 1 entry
Some members of the Central Committee were deprived of their right to attend the meeting
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1967· 1 entry
Liu and his wife Wang Guangmei were placed under house arrest in Beijing
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1966· 2 entries
Eventually being placed under house arrest in 1967
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Was overtly pro-Maoist, and gave Mao the power and influence to purge the Party of his political enemies at the highest levels of government
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1964· 2 entries
Liu visited Hebei, Shandong, Anhui, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and other places to inspect economic construction
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Were initially reluctant to support Mao's proposed Third Front campaign to develop basic industry and national defense industry in China's interior to address the risk of invasion by the United States or the Soviet Union
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1962· 1 entry
Mao reiterated the class struggle and criticized the "dark wind", "reversal of verdicts" and "individual farming" within the CCP
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1961· 1 entry
“It seems that last year, the increase from 18.4 million tons of steel to 20.4 million tons was a mistake. The basic spirit of this year”
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1959· 3 entries
Career landmark: President of the People's Republic of China (1959–1968).
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Mao made small-scale briefings on various occasions to prepare for Liu's succession
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Succeeded Mao Zedong as the chairman of the People's Republic of China
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1957· 1 entry
Liu said in an investigation: "Engels said that we must prevent the state and state organs from becoming social servants and social masters
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1956· 2 entries
Liu delivered a political report on behalf of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party and was elected as the first-ranked Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
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Career landmark: member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1956–1968).
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1955· 1 entry
Mao launched a high tide of merging agricultural cooperatives into large communes
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1954· 2 entries
Liu was elected as the chairman of its Standing Committee
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Career landmark: Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (1954–1959).
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1952· 2 entries
Liu led the CCP delegation to participate in the 19th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and the celebration of the 35th anniversary of the October Revolution
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The national agricultural output value increased by 48
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1949· 1 entry
Liu became a vice chairman of the Central People's Government
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1943· 1 entry
Became a secretary of the CCP Secretariat and a vice chairman of the Central Military Commission
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1941· 1 entry
Liu became a political commissar of the New Fourth Army
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1939· 1 entry
Liu published his important work On the Self-Cultivation of Communist Party Members in Yan'an, emphasizing that Communist Party members should strengthen their self-cultivation after seizing power
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1936· 1 entry
To lead anti-Japanese resistance efforts in the area
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1927· 1 entry
Was assigned by the CCP to work in Shanghai and Northeast China, and travelled to the Jiangxi Soviet in 1932
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1925· 2 entries
Liu became a member of the Guangzhou-based All-China Federation of Labor Executive Committee
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Organizing Communist activity following the May Thirtieth Movement
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1924· 1 entry
In accordance with the decision passed by the 3rd CCP National Congress that Communist Party members could join the Kuomintang in their own name, Liu joined the Kuomintang
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1918· 1 entry
Liu studied at home, reviewing and self-studying all the middle school courses and some university courses
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1912· 1 entry
Liu entered Fangchu Township Primary School for remedial studies and obtained a primary school diploma half a year later
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1911· 1 entry
Liu stayed at his cousin's house to study, learning Zuo Zhuan
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1910· 1 entry
Liu went to a private school in Hongmichong, but his father died a few months later, and he dropped out of school and returned home
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1909· 1 entry
Liu went to study at the Hong family mansion in Fenpuzi, 10 kilometers away from Tanzichong, where he studied Chinese literature and arithmetic
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1908· 1 entry
Liu went to the Yuetangwan private school to study the Classic of Poetry and other Chinese texts
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1898· 1 entry
Born 1898-11-24.
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