Wang Ming

Wang Ming
王明
General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (acting)
In office
June 1931 – September 1931
Preceded byXiang Zhongfa
Succeeded byBo Gu
1st Head of CCP Central United Front Department
In office
1942–1947
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byZhou 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
PremierZhou Enlai
Personal details
Born
Chen Shaoyu

(1904-05-23)23 May 1904
Jinzhai, Anhui, Qing dynasty
Died27 March 1974(1974-03-27) (aged 69)
Moscow, Soviet Union
NationalityChinese
Political partyChinese Communist Party
SpouseMeng Qingshu (孟庆树)
RelationsHuang Lianfang (stepmother; 黄莲芳)
ChildrenChen 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 materWuhan University
Moscow Sun Yat-sen University
OccupationPolitician

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.

  1. ^ Thomas Kampen, Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and the Evolution of the Chinese Communist Leadership, NIAS Press, 2000 p.17