Chen Tanqiu ( zh, s=陳潭秋, p=Chén Tánqiū; 4 January 1896 – 27 September 1943) was a Chinese politician and founding member of the

Chinese Communist Party The Communist Party of China (CPC), also translated into English as Chinese Communist Party (CCP), is the founding and One-party state, sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC). Founded in 1921, the CCP emerged victorious in the ...

(CCP). Chen Tanqiu graduated from Wuhan Higher Normal School (present day

Wuhan University Wuhan University (WHU; 武汉大学) is a key comprehensive public university in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is directly affiliated with and funded by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Ministry of Education of China. The un ...

) after which he played a leadership role in the

May Fourth Movement The May Fourth Movement was a Chinese cultural and anti-imperialist political movement which grew out of student protests in Beijing on May 4, 1919. Students gathered in front of Tiananmen to protest the Chinese government's weak response ...

in 1919. Chen then created the Wuhan Communist group with

Dong Biwu Dong Biwu ( zh , c=董必武 , p=Dǒng Bìwǔ , w=Tung Pi-wu; 5 March 1886 – 2 April 1975) was a Chinese communist revolutionary and politician, who served as acting Chairman of the People's Republic of China between 1972 and 1975. Early li ...

in 1920. In 1921, Chen and Dong Biwu went to the meeting that established the CCP, later known as the first

National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party The National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party (; ) is a party congress that is held every five years. The National Congress is formally the highest body within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Since 1987 the National Congress has b ...

.From Friend to Comrade, by Hans J. Van de Ven, University of California, Berkeley Center for Chinese Studies, page 275 After he returned from the national congress, Chen continued as the local leader of the CCP. In February 1923, Chen was one of the leaders who organized the February 7th Jinghan Railway Strike that sparked the labor movement nationwide. Chen Tanqiu was a delegate of the CCP to the

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between 1935 and 1939. Chen was also elected to the third, fifth, sixth and seventh national CCP Congress. However, the delegates of the seventh national party congress were not aware of his execution by

Sheng Shicai Sheng Shicai ( zh, c=盛世才; 3 December 189513 July 1970) was a Chinese warlord who ruled Xinjiang from 1933 to 1944. Sheng's rise to power started with a coup d'état in 1933 when he was appointed the ''duban'' (Military Governor) of Xinjia ...

in 1943.

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