Xiao Wangdong

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Not to be confused with Xiao Ke.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Xiao.
Xiao Wangdong
萧望东
Minister of Culture of China
In office
1966–1967
Preceded byLu Dingyi
Succeeded bypost abolished
Personal details
BornAugust 1910
Communist Party of China
SpouseXin Ping[1]
Military service
Allegiance China
Branch/servicePeople's Liberation Army
Years of service1929−1982
Rank Lieutenant general

Xiao Wangdong (

Minister of Culture of China at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, before being persecuted and imprisoned for nine years.[1][2][3]

Early life and wartime career

Xiao Wangdong was born in August 1910 in

Red Army. In October 1934, he participated in the Long March, and reached northern Shaanxi a year later.[2]

During the Second Sino-Japanese War, Xiao served as Director of the Political Department of the Fourth Division of the New Fourth Army, under commander Peng Xuefeng, and then the same position in the Second Division based in the Huai River region, under commander Luo Binghui.[1][2] During the subsequent Chinese Civil War, he participated in several major battles in East China.[2]

People's Republic of China

From April 1949 to November 1952, Xiao Wangdong served as Communist Party Secretary of Subei (northern

lieutenant general.[1][2]

In April 1965, Xiao Wangdong was appointed Vice Minister of Culture of China, under minister

counterrevolutionary and capitalist roader.[1] He was purged and subsequently imprisoned for nine years.[2] His superior Tao Zhu, who sought to protect him, was also purged.[3]

Xiao was politically rehabilitated at the end of the Cultural Revolution and became Political Commissar of the

11th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (1977−82). He became a member of the Central Advisory Commission in 1982, and was re-elected in 1987.[1]

Xiao Wangdong died in Beijing on 11 May 1989.[2]

References

  1. ^
    ISBN 978-3-11-096823-1
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  2. ^ a b c d e f g h 肖望东（萧望东） [Xiao Wangdong] (in Chinese). Government of China. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-0-674-11970-3
    .
Political offices
Preceded by
Minister of Culture of China

1966–1967 		Succeeded by
post abolished
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