Shi Liang (; March 27, 1900 – September 6, 1985) was a prominent lawyer and activist of the Republic of China. She was the only woman arrested in what was known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident on the eve of war with Japan in 1936. In 1949, she became the first

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of the

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Biography

Shi Liang was born in

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in 1900. She was educated in Shanghai and became a lawyer there. She and another six intellectuals were arrested by

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’s government in 1936, in what is known as the Seven Gentlemen Incident. Shi was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959. Cai Chang and Shiliang on Tian'anmen

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1900 births 1985 deaths 20th-century Chinese women politicians All-China Women's Federation people Chairpersons of the China Democratic League Members of the China Democratic League Ministers of Justice of the People's Republic of China People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu Politicians from Changzhou Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress Women government ministers of China {{China-politician-stub