Yang Baibing

Yang Baibing
杨白冰
Yang Baibing
Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party
In office
November 1989 – October 1992
Preceded byYang Shangkun
Succeeded byPosition revoked
Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department
In office
November 1987 – October 1992
Preceded byYu Qiuli
Succeeded byYu Yongbo
Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region
In office
June 1985 – November 1987
Preceded byFu Chongbi [zh]
Succeeded byLiu Zhenhua
Personal details
Born
Yang Shangzheng

(1920-09-09)9 September 1920
Tongnan, Chongqing, China
Died15 January 2013(2013-01-15) (aged 92)
Beijing, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
RelationsYang Shangkun
Alma materCounter-Japanese Military and Political University
Military service
Allegiance People's Republic of China
Branch/service Eighth Route Army
 People's Liberation Army Ground Force
Years of service1938–1993
Rank General
Battles/warsSecond Sino-Japanese War
Chinese Civil War
Awards Order of Independence and Freedom (3rd Class; 1955)
Order of Liberation (2nd Class; 1955)
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Báibīng
Yang Shangzheng
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYáng Shàngzhèng

Yang Baibing (Chinese: 杨白冰; pinyin: Yáng Báibīng; 9 September 1920 – 15 January 2013) was a Chinese military officer. He was a senior general and political commissar in the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the younger half-brother of Yang Shangkun. Together, the two brothers effectively controlled the PLA from the early 1980s until the early 1990s.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ Xiaobing Li, ed. (2012). "Yang Shangkun (Yang Shang-kun) (1907-1998)". China at war: an Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. pp. 512–514.
  2. ^ "Biography of Yang Baibing". China Vitae. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
  3. ^ "Gen. Yang Baibing Dies at 93; Led Tiananmen Crackdown". New York Times. 18 January 2013.