Xiao Wangdong

Xiao Wangdong
萧望东
Minister of Culture of China
In office
1966–1967
Preceded byLu Dingyi
Succeeded bypost abolished
Personal details
BornAugust 1910
Ji'an County, Jiangxi, China
Died11 May 1989 (aged 78)
Beijing
Political partyChinese Communist Party
SpouseXin Ping[1]
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service People's Liberation Army
Years of service1929−1982
Rank Lieutenant general

Xiao Wangdong (Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: Hsiao Wang-tung; August 1910 – 11 May 1989) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary and a lieutenant general of the People's Liberation Army (PLA). He briefly served as acting Minister of Culture of China at the beginning of the Cultural Revolution, before being persecuted and imprisoned for nine years.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b Bartke, Wolfgang (1 January 1997). Who was Who in the People's Republic of China. Walter de Gruyter. p. 527. ISBN 978-3-11-096823-1.
  2. ^ 肖望东(萧望东) [Xiao Wangdong] (in Chinese). Government of China. 2009-02-17. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  3. ^ Goldman, Merle (1981). China's Intellectuals: Advise and Dissent. Harvard University Press. p. 143. ISBN 978-0-674-11970-3.