Madame Gong Peng 龔澎 | |||||||||||
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Born | Gong Cisheng (龔慈生) October 10, 1914 | ||||||||||
Died | September 28, 1970 | (aged 55)||||||||||
Other names | Gong Weihang (龔維航) | ||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Official, spokeswoman | ||||||||||
Spouse(s) | Liu Wenhua (1938–1942) Qiao Guanhua (1943–1970) | ||||||||||
Parents |
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Relatives | Gong Pusheng (sister) Xu Wanqiuc (daughter) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 龚澎 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 龔澎 | ||||||||||
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Gong Peng (October 10, 1914 – September 20, 1970), born Gong Cisheng and also known as Gong Weihang, was a Chinese wartime spokeswoman for the Chinese Communist Party. After 1949 she was an official in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China, and was head of the Bureau of Information, the first woman to head a department.[1][2]