Chen Zaidao (, 24 January 1909 – 6 April 1993) was a Chinese general in the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the military of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). It consists of four Military branch, services—People's Liberation Army Ground Force, Ground Force, People's ...

, who commanded the Wuhan Military Region from 1954 to 1967. He is most noted for having arrested pro-Mao Xie Fuzhi and Wang Li during the Wuhan Incident in July 1967.Thomas W. Robinson. "The Wuhan Incident: Local Strife and Provincial Rebellion During the Cultural Revolution," ''The China Quarterly'' (1971), 47: pp. 413-18. He was promptly dismissed after the incident, but was rehabilitated in 1972 and entered the

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in 1978. During the Tiananmen Square protests of spring 1989, Chen Zaidao joined former Minister of Defense Zhang Aiping and five other retired generals in opposing the enforcement of martial law by the Army in Beijing.

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1909 births 1993 deaths Victims of the Cultural Revolution Politicians from Huanggang People's Liberation Army generals from Hubei Chinese Communist Party politicians from Hubei People's Republic of China politicians from Hubei Commanders of the Henan Military District Vice chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference {{China-mil-bio-stub

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