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Peng Zhen (pronounced [pʰə̌ŋ ʈʂə́n]; October 12, 1902 – April 26, 1997) was a leading member of the Chinese Communist Party. He led the party organization in Beijing following the victory of the Communists in the Chinese Civil War in 1949, but was purged during the Cultural Revolution for opposing Mao's views on the role of literature in relation to the state.
Peng Zhen (1902-97, Wade-Giles: P’eng Chen) was a communist revolutionary and politician, and the mayor of Beijing during the early 1950s. Born to a poor family in Shanxi province, Peng worked with left-wing labour and youth groups before joining the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1926. He was later imprisoned for several years by the ...
Apr 28, 1997 · Peng Zhen, one of China's foremost hard-line leaders, died on Saturday at the age of 95. Best known as the longtime Mayor of Beijing who was the first prominent victim of the Cultural Revolution ...
Peng Zhen was the first top-ranking victim of the upheaval. Deng and other critics of Mao's policies followed. Peng spent the Cultural Revolution in the countryside, living among peasants ...
Apr 27, 1997 · Peng Zhen, one of 'eight immortals' who led Chinese revolution and founded Communist China, dies at age 95; Peng, chairman of People's Congress from 1981 to 1988, was one of conservative old guard ...
This is the first full-length study in English of Peng Zhen (1902-97), a revolutionary comrade of Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping, and an influential legal policymaker in China during both men’s regimes. As one of the chief architects of PRC law and legal institutions during the 1950s and again in the 1980s, Peng left an indelible mark on the present legal system of China. This book analyzes ...
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May 11, 2004 · Pitman Potter has provided the first book-length treatment in English of Peng Zhen, a seminal figure in the development of the legal system in China during the Mao and Deng era. Peng began his roller coaster career by rising through the party ranks to become party secretary of Beijing and party secretary of the Political-Legal Commission.
