Fang Zhichun

Fang Zhicun
Governor of Jiangxi
Preceded byShao Shiping
Succeeded byCheng Shiqing
Personal details
BornSeptember 11, 1905
Yiyang County, Jiangxi, China
DiedJuly 31, 1993
Political partyChinese Communist Party

Fang Zhichun (Chinese: 方志純) (September 11, 1905 – July 31, 1993) was a People's Republic of China politician.[1][2] He was a cousin of Fang Zhimin. He was born in Yiyang County, Jiangxi Province. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1924 and participated in the Nanchang Uprising of August 1927. In January 1928, along with his cousin and Huang Dao, he organized an uprising in Hengfeng County, Jiangxi Province. In 1937 he went to Yan'an, Shaanxi Province and in 1938 he went to the Soviet Union. After returning to China, he was arrested and imprisoned in Xinjiang by local warlord Sheng Shicai. In June 1946, he married Zhu Danhua, the widow of Mao Zedong's younger brother Mao Zemin, and became the stepfather Mao Zedong's nephew Mao Yuanxin.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Bartke, Wolfgang (2012-06-18). Who was Who in the People's Republic of China: With more than 3100 Portraits. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 97–98. ISBN 978-3-11-096823-1.
  2. ^ Hendrischke, Hans J.; Feng, Chongyi; Feng, Zhongyi (1999). The Political Economy of China's Provinces: Comparative and Competitive Advantage. Psychology Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-0-415-20775-1.
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