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宋振中 | |||||||||
 Song, 1941 | |||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1941 | ||||||||
| Died | 6 September 1949 (aged 8) Chongqing, China | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 宋振中 | ||||||||
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Song Zhenzhong (Chinese: 宋振中; pinyin: Sòng Zhènzhōng; 15 March 1941 – 6 September 1949), popularly known as Little Radish Head (小蘿蔔頭; Xiǎo Luóbo Tóu), was the son of Chinese Communist Party members Song Qiyun and Xu Linxia. Held by the Kuomintang for the majority of his life, he was executed together with his parents as part of a mass killing of detainees. He has been identified as "China's youngest martyr",[1] and featured extensively in film and literature. He has also been commemorated with multiple monuments.
- ^ Kauffman 2020, p. 292.