Zhang Tailei
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Zhang Tailei (June 1898 – 12 December 1927) was the leader of the 1927 Guangzhou Uprising
Guangzhou Uprising
The Guangzhou Uprising of 1927 was a failed communist uprising in the city of Guangzhou in southern China.On December 11 1927, red guard citizens, directed by communist political leaders, took over Guangzhou . The uprising occurred despite the strong objections of communist military commanders...

, during which he was killed.

In 1921 Zhang was sent to the Russian Far East
Russian Far East
Russian Far East is a term that refers to the Russian part of the Far East, i.e., extreme east parts of Russia, between Lake Baikal in Eastern Siberia and the Pacific Ocean...

 to make a report to the Comintern
Comintern
The Communist International, abbreviated as Comintern, also known as the Third International, was an international communist organization initiated in Moscow during March 1919...

 for the Communist Party of China
Communist Party of China
The Communist Party of China , also known as the Chinese Communist Party , is the founding and ruling political party of the People's Republic of China...

. Zhang then studied in Moscow for a few years. However when he went back to China he became hostile to the others who had returned to China in 1924.

His wife, Wang Yizhi was the founder of Beijing's Middle School 101.

Sources

  • Rae Yang. Spider Eaters, (Barkley: University of California Press, 1997) p. 92.
  • http://www.jstor.org/pss/189392
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