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Liu Shaoqi

American  
[lyoo shau-chee] / ˈlju ˈʃaʊˈtʃi /
Wade-Giles, Liu Shao-ch'i

noun

  1. 1898–1973, Chinese Communist leader: head of state 1959–66.


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He turned to other members of the CCP, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, and Liu Shaoqi, to rectify the situation and allowed them to largely assume day-to-day control of China.

From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022

The next “state chairman” was Liu Shaoqi, who died in detention during the Cultural Revolution, a year after being stripped of all his titles for alleged disloyalty to Mao.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2022

At the top of Mao’s target list were President Liu Shaoqi and Deng Xiaoping, who was then in charge of party administration.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2016

Members included Liu He, a childhood playmate who had become a reform-minded economist, and Liu Yuan, a hawkish general and the son of former President Liu Shaoqi.

From The New Yorker ● Mar. 30, 2015

He was once private secretary to Liu Shaoqi, and during the war was close to Deng too.

From Time Magazine Archive

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