Chen Tanqiu
Chen Tanqiu (Chinese: 陳潭秋; pinyin: Chén Tánqiū; 4 January 1896 – 27 September 1943) was a Chinese politician and founding member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Chen Tanqiu graduated from Wuhan Higher Normal School (present day Wuhan University) after which he played a leadership role in the May Fourth Movement in 1919. Chen then created the Wuhan Communist group with Dong Biwu in 1920. In 1921, Chen and Dong Biwu went to the meeting that established the CCP, later known as the first National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.[1]: 275
He and Mao Zemin were arrested by the warlord Sheng Shicai while at Ürümqi, Sinkiang. Chen was executed on September 27, 1943.
References
[edit]- ^ Van de Ven, Hans J. (1992). From Friend to Comrade: The Founding of the Chinese Communist Party, 1920-1927 (1st ed.). Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-07271-8.
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