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Nelson Fu or Fu Lianzhang (; 1894–1968) was a Chinese medical doctor. He was one of the few Western-trained medical doctors to have made the
The private life of Chairman Mao: the memoirs of Mao's personal physician
, 1994. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of
Nelson Fu or Fu Lianzhang (; 1894–1968) was a Chinese medical doctor. He was one of the few Western-trained medical doctors to have made the Long March
The Long March (, lit. ''Long Expedition'') was a military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the National Army of the Chinese Nati ...
and later, in Beijing, a Vice-Minister of Public Health, to be responsible for the health of the Communist Party elite.Li Zhisui
Li Zhisui () (1919 – 13 February 1995) was Mao Zedong's personal doctor and confidant.Derek DaviesOBITUARY: Li Zhisui The Independent, 17 February 1995 He was born in Beijing, China in 1919. After emigrating to the United States, he wrot ...
, Anne F. Thurston, Hongchao DaiThe private life of Chairman Mao: the memoirs of Mao's personal physician
, 1994. In 1955, he was awarded the rank of
lieutenant general
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of the People's Liberation Army
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In the 1920s and 1930s, Fu lived and worked in the then-prefectural seat of Changting (now Tingzhou town) in western Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its c ...
Province. He was a senior medical doctor at its British Christian missionary ''Hospital of the Gospel''.
During the Cultural Revolution
The Cultural Revolution, formally known as the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, was a sociopolitical movement in the Peo