Zhao Shiyan (; 13 April 1901–19 July 1927) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and former Chinese premier Li Peng's uncle.

Biography

Zhao was born in Youyang Zhou,

Sichuan Sichuan is a province in Southwestern China, occupying the Sichuan Basin and Tibetan Plateau—between the Jinsha River to the west, the Daba Mountains to the north, and the Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau to the south. Its capital city is Cheng ...

(now Youyang Tujia and Miao Autonomous County,

Chongqing ChongqingPostal Romanization, Previously romanized as Chungking ();. is a direct-administered municipality in Southwestern China. Chongqing is one of the four direct-administered municipalities under the State Council of the People's Republi ...

), on 13 April 1901, to Zhao Dengzhi (). In 1915, Zhao went to

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to study at the High School Affiliated with Beijing Normal University and majored in English. In 1919, he participated in the May Fourth Movement, China Youth Association. The following year, he went to

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to study, co-founded 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).Li, "the passage of years," Introduction: (I) visited the Chen Yi. His study in France remember very clearly, so talk about it in detail. In addition to the fact that after he talked about, but also made some very valuable advice. He said: "Zhao Shiyan was the party, when we caught up in Lyon, locked up after they leave the territory he has to go to study in the Soviet Union; and our group of people arrested, were escorted home. Although he is well-known martyrs of our party, I always thought he was doing so bad. leading party members Dangtao Bing, a bad influence among the masses." In 1922, Zhao Shiyan and

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were invited to join the

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. In 1922, he went to the

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and studied at the Communist University of the Toilers of the East. In 1923, he was appointed as CCP Committee Chairman of Beijing. In the same year in December, he was appointed as Chairman of the Northern Bureau of the

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. In 1926, Zhao was sent to

Shanghai Shanghai, Shanghainese: , Standard Chinese pronunciation: is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the ...

with

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai ( zh, s=周恩来, p=Zhōu Ēnlái, w=Chou1 Ên1-lai2; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman, diplomat, and revolutionary who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China from September 1954 unti ...

to lead the workers' armed uprising during the

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. On 12 April 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched a coup against his communist allies and massacred them in Shanghai. After Chen Yannian was arrested by

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, Zhao took over as secretary of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the CCP. Zhao was arrested at his home on North Sichuan Road on 2 July because a renegade betrayed him. He was executed in Shanghai on 19 July.

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Personal life

Zhao married Xia Zhixu (), the couple had two sons, Zhao Shige () and Zhao Lingchao (). Zhao's sister Zhao Juntao married Li Shuoxun. Their son, Li Peng served as China's premier from 1987 to 1998.

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* * 1901 births 1927 deaths Chinese expatriates in the Soviet Union Chinese Communist Party politicians from Chongqing Republic of China politicians from Chongqing Moscow Sun Yat-sen University alumni Chinese expatriates in France Tujia people People murdered by organized crime Members of the 5th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party {{China-bio-stub

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