Cao Diqiu

Cao Diqiu (Chinese: 曹荻秋) (Wade–Giles Ts'ao Ti-ch'iu) (August 1, 1909 – March 29, 1976) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Ziyang, Sichuan Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1929. After graduating from Sichuan University, he went to northern Jiangsu Province after the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War to participate in guerrilla activities. He was the third mayor of Shanghai under the People's Republic of China until being deposed on January 6, 1967, in the wake of the "January Storm" phase of the Cultural Revolution.[1][2] He was also Communist Party of China Committee Secretary and Mayor of Chongqing.

Preceded by
Ke Qingshi
Mayor of Shanghai Succeeded by
Zhang Chunqiao

References

  1. The Cambridge History of China, Volume 15, 1966-1982, and John K. Fairbank eds. (Cambridge University Press, 1991) p159
  2. Roderick MacFarquhar and Michael Schoenhals, Mao's Last Revolution (Harvard University Press, 2009) p165
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