Cheng Shiqing (Chinese: 程世清) (April 1918 – April 29, 2008)[citation needed] was a People's Liberation Army major general and People's Republic of China politician.[1] He was born in Xin County, Henan Province.[citation needed] He was Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary and governor of Jiangxi Province during the Cultural Revolution.[1] Under Cheng's leadership the Jiangxi revolutionary committee exercised terror through struggle sessions; in one case a man accused of being a Kuomintang spy had his ear cut off and was left to bleed to death.[2]
Cheng Shiqing | |
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| Governor of Jiangxi | |
| Preceded by | Fang Zhichun |
| Succeeded by | She Jide |
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| Born | April 1918 Xin County, Henan, China |
| Died | April 29, 2008 (aged 89–90) |
| Party | Chinese Communist Party |
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edit- 1 2 Finkelstein, David M.; Gunness, Kristen (26 March 2015). Civil-military Relations in Today's China: Swimming in a New Sea: Swimming in a New Sea. Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 978-1-317-47435-7.
- ↑ MACFARQUHAR, Roderick; Schoenhals, Michael (30 June 2009). Mao's Last Revolution. Harvard University Press. p. 256. ISBN 978-0-674-04041-0.