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Fang Fenghui
Fang Fenghui (born April 1951) is a former top general in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA). He served as the Chief of Joint Staff and a member of the Central Military Commission. He was placed under investigation for corruption in 2017 and subsequently convicted. Biography Fang was born Ma Xianyang () in Chidao Township, Xunyi County, Shaanxi Province. His father Ma Guoxuan () was a military and government officer who died in 1960. After his mother Fang Linjiang () remarried in Bin County, he renamed himself Fang Fenghui using his mother's surname. Fang joined the PLA in February 1968, at the height of the Cultural Revolution. He served in Xinjiang in his early career. He later served as commander of the Beijing Military Region (2007–2012). and commander of Guangzhou Military Region (2003–2007). Fang achieved the rank of Major general in 1998, Lieutenant general in July 2005 and general in July 2010. He was appointed as the Chief of Joint Staff on October 25, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fang (surname)
__NOTOC__ Fang () is the 67th most prevalent Chinese surname. In Chinese, ''Fāng'' () means "square" or "four-sided". ''Fāng'' () is pronounced '' Fong'' in Cantonese, ''Hong'' or ''Png'' or ''Pwee'' in some Min Nan dialects and ''Png'' or ''Pung'' in Teochew. It is the 56th name on the ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem.K. S. Tom. 989(1989). Echoes from Old China: Life, Legends and Lore of the Middle Kingdom. University of Hawaii Press. . Some more uncommon surnames with romanizations that are also conventionally simplified to "Fang" in English are ''Fáng'' (), meaning "room", and ''Fāng'' (), meaning "fragrant". Etymology During Emperor Huang Di's reign, a descendant called Yu Lei was awarded the land of Fang (north west of Nanyu) for his contributions in defeating a foreign tribe. He was thus known as Fang Lei, and his descendants were given the family name Fang. Ji Yuan is considered as another forefather of the Fangs. Ji was a general of Zhou Xuan Wang, and was known ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Liberation Army Generals From Shaanxi
People's, branded as ''People's ViennaLine'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austro-Swiss airline headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport in Switzerland. History Founded as People's Viennaline in 2010, the first revenue flight of the company took place on 27 March 2011. For several years, People's only operated a single scheduled route between its St. Gallen and Vienna. However, the route network has since been expanded with some seasonal and charter services. In November 2016, People's inaugurated the world's shortest international jet route (and, after St. Maarten-Anguilla, second shortest international route overall). The flight from St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport, Switzerland, to Friedrichshafen Airport, Germany, took only eight minutes of flight over Lake Constance and could have been booked individually. The airline faced severe criticism f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1951 Births
Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United Kingdom announces abandonment of the Tanganyika groundnut scheme for the cultivation of peanuts in the Tanganyika Territory, with the writing off of £36.5M debt. * January 11 – In the U.S., a top secret report is delivered to U.S. President Truman by his National Security Resources Board, urging Truman to expand the Korean War by launching "a global offensive against communism" with sustained bombing of Red China and diplomatic moves to establish "moral justification" for a U.S. nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. The report will not not be declassified until 1978. * January 15 – In a criminal court in West Germany, Ilse Koch, The "Witch of Buchenwald", wife of the commandant of the Buchenwald concentration camp, is sentenced to li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People's Liberation Army General Staff Department
The Joint Staff Department of the Central Military Commission (JSDCMC) ( zh , s = 中央军委联合参谋部 ) is the command organ and the headquarters for the People's Liberation Army (PLA), superseding the former PLA General Staff Department (GSD). It was established on 11 January 2016, under the 2015 People's Republic of China military reform, military reforms of Central Military Commission (China), Central Military Commission (CMC) Chairman of the Central Military Commission (China), chairman Xi Jinping. Headquartered in Beijing, the Joint Staff Department (JSD) is under the absolute leadership of the CMC and likely serves as an institutional link between members of the CMC and post-2016 PLA Theater commands of the People's Liberation Army, theater commands. According to the JSD, its main duties include carrying out combat support planning and combat command support, studying and formulating military strategy and requirements, organizing combat capability assessment, arr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhang Shibo
Zhang Shibo (; born February 1952) is a retired general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army of China. He served as commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison, commander of the Beijing Military Region, and president of the PLA National Defence University. Biography Zhang Shibo was born in February 1952 in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province. He joined the PLA in 1970, serving as an ordinary soldier in the Jinan Military Region. He later rose to deputy commander of the 54th Group Army, deputy chief of staff of the Jinan MR, and commander of the 20th Group Army. He graduated from Shandong University with a degree in Marxist philosophy. In 2008, he replaced Lieutenant General Wang Jitang as commander of the PLA Hong Kong Garrison. He attained the rank of lieutenant general (''zhong jiang'') in July 2009. In October 2012, Zhang Shibo was promoted to commander of the Beijing Military Region. In December 2014, Lieutenant General Song Puxuan replaced him as commander of the Beijing MR, and Zhang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zhu Qi
Zhu Qi (; born May 1942) was a general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He formerly served as commander of the Beijing Military Region. Biography Zhu Qi is from Xiangyun County, Yunnan, China. He graduated from the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party with a degree in economic administration. In January 1960 he entered the Chinese People's Liberation Army. In August 1961 he entered the Chinese Communist Party. Zhu Qi took part in high-level talks between U.S. and Chinese military officials as part of the Sanye Initiative organized by the East West Institute from June 16 to 19, 2012. Delegates covered topics including U.S. arms sales to Taiwan and managing military relationships. History *From January 1960 to June 1964, squad leader and company clerk *From June 1964 to June 1965, squad leader and battalion secretary *From June 1965 to June 1971, staff officer, operations and training section, regimental command department *From June 1971 to October 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Fenlin
Xu Fenlin (; born July 1953) is a retired general ('' shangjiang'') of the Chinese People's Liberation Army who served as Deputy Chief of the Joint Staff from 2016 to 2017. Prior to that, he was the final Commander of the Guangzhou Military Region between 2009 and 2016, before its abolition in January 2016. Biography Xu Fenlin was born in July 1953 in Jintan County, Jiangsu in July 1953. He has a bachelor's degree in economics and management from the Central Party School of the Chinese Communist Party. He attained the rank of major general in July 2002, lieutenant general in July 2008, and full general in July 2013. Xu served as Chief-of-Staff of the Guangzhou Military Region from 2007 to 2009, and was promoted to Commander in 2009. He stayed in the role for some six years, before being transferred to the Joint Staff to serve as deputy chief. He was an alternate of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party The 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Par ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
76th Group Army
The 76th Group Army (), Military unit cover designator, Unit 31665, formerly the 21st Group Army, is a military formation of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Ground Force (PLAGF). The 76th Group Army is one of thirteen total Group army (military unit), group armies of the PLAGF, the largest echelon of ground forces in the China, People's Republic of China, and one of two assigned to the nation's Western Theater Command. History The unit served during the Korean War when it comprised the 61st, 62nd Division (People's Republic of China), 62nd, and 63rd Divisions. In 2022, the 12th Combined Arms Brigade was reorganized and entirely transferred to the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force. Organization * 12th Armored Brigade (People's Republic of China), 12th Heavy Combined-Arms brigade - Stationed in Jiuquan, Gansu * * * * * * 76th Special Operations Brigade * 76th Army Aviation Brigade * 76th Artillery Brigade * 76th Air Defense Brigade * 76th Engineering and Chemical Def ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
18th Central Committee Of The Chinese Communist Party
The 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party was elected by the 18th National Congress on 15 November 2012, and sat in plenary sessions until the communing of the 19th National Congress in 2017. It was formally proceeded by the 17th Central Committee. The committee is composed of full members and alternate members. A member has voting rights, while an alternate does not. If a full member is removed from the CC the vacancy is then filled by an alternate member at the next committee plenum — the alternate member who received the most confirmation votes in favour is highest on the order of precedence. To be elected to the Central Committee, a candidate must be a party member for at least five years. The first plenary session in 2012 was responsible for electing the bodies in which the authority of the Central Committee was invested when it was not in session: the Politburo and the Politburo Standing Committee. It was also responsible for approving the members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hu Jintao
Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) from 2004 to 2012. He was a member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, China's de facto top decision-making body, from 1992 to 2012. Hu was the fifth paramount leader of China from 2002 to 2012. Hu rose to power through the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), notably as Party Committee secretary for Guizhou province and the Tibet Autonomous Region, where his harsh repression of dissent gained him attention from the highest levels. He moved up to serve as a member of the CCP Central Secretariat and vice president under CCP general secretary Jiang Zemin. Hu was the first leader of the Communist Party from a generation younger than those who participated in the civil war and the founding of the republic. Influential sponsors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
