Wan Xiaotang
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Wan Xiaotang (Chinese: 万晓塘) (1916 – September 19, 1966) birth name Wan Xingshi (Chinese: 万星师), courtesy name Xiaotang (Chinese: 效唐), was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Qihe County, Shandong Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in September 1937. He became Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Tianjin in 1958. At the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution, he was criticized, kidnapped and beaten by the Red Guards and died.[1] The official cause of death was a heart attack.
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[edit]- ^ Qiu Jin, The Culture of Power: The Lin Biao Incident in the Cultural Revolution (Stanford University Press, 1999) p90