Kang Sheng

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Kang Sheng was a prominent Chinese Communist Party leader and chief of Mao Zedong’s secret police, notorious for his role in political purges and the Cultural Revolution.

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instanceOf Chinese Communist Party politician
Chinese politician
human
intelligence officer
birthName Zhang Shaoqing NERFINISHED
Zhang Zongke NERFINISHED
burialPlace Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery NERFINISHED
causeOf political persecution of many Chinese Communist Party members
purges of alleged counterrevolutionaries
closeAllyOf Jiang Qing NERFINISHED
Mao Zedong NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship China
dateOfBirth circa 1898
dateOfDeath 1975-12-16
educatedAt Communist University of the Toilers of the East NERFINISHED
Jinan School in Shandong NERFINISHED
employer Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Han Chinese
gender male
ideology Maoism NERFINISHED
Marxism–Leninism
influencedBy Joseph Stalin NERFINISHED
Soviet secret police practices
knownFor encouraging denunciations and ideological campaigns
use of secret police and informant networks
languageSpoken Chinese
memberOf Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED
movement Chinese Communist Revolution NERFINISHED
name Kang Sheng NERFINISHED
nativeName 康生 NERFINISHED
notableFor promotion of Maoist ideological campaigns
role in political purges in the Chinese Communist Party
role in the Chinese Cultural Revolution
notableWork leadership of the Chinese Communist Party security and intelligence apparatus
opposed Deng Xiaoping NERFINISHED
Liu Shaoqi NERFINISHED
Peng Dehuai NERFINISHED
participantIn Chinese Civil War NERFINISHED
Cultural Revolution NERFINISHED
Yan’an Rectification Movement NERFINISHED
periodOfActivity 1920s–1970s
placeOfBirth Zhucheng, Shandong, Qing Empire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Beijing, China NERFINISHED
positionHeld chief of Mao Zedong’s secret police
head of the Central Social Affairs Department
member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party
vice chairman of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party
residence Beijing NERFINISHED
spouse Cao Yi’ou NERFINISHED
workLocation Beijing NERFINISHED
Yan’an NERFINISHED

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