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1927 Liu Shaoqi
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刘少奇

劉少奇
Liú Shàoqí
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Liu Shaoqi, Chinese communist leader and President of the PRC 1959-1968

About Liu Shaoqi

1898–1969 · 政治家 politician

Head of state of the PRC from 1959 to 1968 and once Mao's chosen successor. Purged in the Cultural Revolution, he died in custody and was rehabilitated in 1980. His 论共产党员的修养 was long studied by party members.

Examples

HSK 7-9
Liú Shàoqí céng rèn Zhōnghuá rénmín gònghéguó zhǔxí.
Liu Shaoqi served as President of the People's Republic of China.
HSK 7-9
Liú Shàoqí de zhùzuò 《 Lùn gòngchǎndǎngyuán de xiūyǎng 》 yǐngxiǎng le xǔduō dǎngyuán.
Liu Shaoqi's work 'How to Be a Good Communist' influenced many party members.

Tips

history
In the Cultural Revolution he was branded 中国的赫鲁晓夫, 'China's Khrushchev', and the party's top 走资派, 'capitalist roader'. When he died in Kaifeng in 1969 he was cremated in secret under 刘卫黄, an old courtesy name, as if he had died of an infectious disease.

Stroke Order

刘 Liú
少 shǎo
奇 qí