Li Zuopeng
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Li Zuopeng was a Chinese general of the People's Liberation Army
People's Liberation Army
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Biography

Li was born in Ji'an
Ji'an
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, Jiangxi
Jiangxi
' is a southern province in the People's Republic of China. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze River in the north into hillier areas in the south, it shares a border with Anhui to the north, Zhejiang to the northeast, Fujian to the east, Guangdong to the south, Hunan to the west, and Hubei to...

 in 1914. He joined the Red Army of the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
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 in 1930.

In the Cultural Revolution
Cultural Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, commonly known as the Cultural Revolution , was a socio-political movement that took place in the People's Republic of China from 1966 through 1976...

, Li was elected as the member of the 9th Politburo of the Communist Party of China
9th Politburo of the Communist Party of China
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 in 1969. As an ally of Lin Biao
Lin Biao
Lin Biao was a major Chinese Communist military leader who was pivotal in the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War, especially in Northeastern China...

, he lost his position after Lin Biao's fall. He was put on trial and given a seventeen-year prison sentence in 1981.

External links

  • Biography of Li Zuopeng, at Sina.com
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