Wang Ming | |
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王明 | |
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| General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (acting) | |
| In office June 1931 – September 1931 | |
| Preceded by | Xiang Zhongfa |
| Succeeded by | Bo Gu |
| 1st Head of CCP Central United Front Department | |
| In office 1942–1947 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Zhou Enlai |
| Member of the 6th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party | |
| In office 1928–1945 | |
| Director of the Legal Committee of the Central People's Government Administration Council | |
| In office 21 October 1949 – 27 September 1954 | |
| Premier | Zhou Enlai |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Chen Shaoyu 23 May 1904 Jinzhai, Anhui, Qing dynasty |
| Died | 27 March 1974 (aged 69) Moscow, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
| Spouse | Meng Qingshu (孟庆树) |
| Relations | Huang Lianfang (stepmother; 黄莲芳) |
| Children | Chen Fangni (陈芳妮) Chen Danzhi (陈丹芝) Chen Danding (陈丹丁) |
| Parent(s) | Chen Pinzhi (陈聘之) Yu Youhua (喻幼华) |
| Alma mater | Wuhan University Moscow Sun Yat-sen University |
| Occupation | Politician |
Wang Ming (Chinese: 王明; pinyin: Wáng Míng; May 23, 1904 – March 27, 1974) was a senior leader of the early Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the mastermind of the famous 28 Bolsheviks group.[1] Wang was also a major political rival of Mao Zedong during the 1930s, opposing what he saw as Mao's nationalist deviation from the Comintern and orthodox Marxist–Leninist lines. According to Mao on the other hand, Wang epitomized the intellectualism and foreign dogmatism Mao criticized in his essays "On Practice" and "On Contradiction". The competition between Wang and Mao was a reflection of the power struggle between the Soviet Union, through the vehicle of the Comintern, and the CCP to control both the direction and future of the Chinese Communist Revolution.
- ^ Thomas Kampen, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the Evolution of the Chinese Communist Leadership, NIAS Press, 2000 p.17