Gu Shunzhang
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Gu Shunzhang (1903－1934), also known as Gu Fengming , born in Baoshan
, Shanghai
, was a Chinese Communist Party leader.
In his earlier life worked at Nanyang Tobacco Factory, where he became an active participant of workers' movement, then of the Shanghai Trade Union and finally of the CCP. In 1926 Gu was sent to the Soviet Union (Vladivostok) for training as a spy; after return participated thrice in the armed uprisings in Shanghai.
In 1927, after the April 12 Incident
, became an active member of the underground communist movement together with Zhou Enlai
, hold numerous posts and finally became the Head of the Chinese Politburo's security service. Known as a magician, in fact he personally participated in physical extermination of the CCP betrayers and thus became famous as a party activist.
On April 24, 1931, while giving a performance in Wuhan (P.Short: he was assigned to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek
), Gu was identified from a photograph by the GMD special service. After the arrest he was persuaded to defect, thus causing execution of several thousand communists over the next three months (according to the estimation of the French intelligence bureau in Shanghai). Among the shot was Xiang Zhongfa
, the General Secretary of CCP.
As retribution, members of his family were killed, allegedly on the order of Zhou Enlai.
In the following years Gu was an effective couch of the Nanjing intelligence service,
secretly organised a "New Communist Party" in 1934, ordered shot by Chiang. The execution took place in Suzhou
, December 1934 (June 1935?)
References:
Philip Short
, Mao: a Life pp 281–282;
Wakeman
, Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937, p. 151-161
Baoshan District
The Baoshan District of Shanghai has a land area of 424.58 km² and a population of 1,905,000 as of 2010.-Landmarks:Downtown Baoshan is the location of Baosteel's head office. The main campus of Shanghai University is also located in Baoshan District...
, Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
, was a Chinese Communist Party leader.
In his earlier life worked at Nanyang Tobacco Factory, where he became an active participant of workers' movement, then of the Shanghai Trade Union and finally of the CCP. In 1926 Gu was sent to the Soviet Union (Vladivostok) for training as a spy; after return participated thrice in the armed uprisings in Shanghai.
In 1927, after the April 12 Incident
April 12 Incident
The April 12 Incident of 1927 refers to the violent suppression of Chinese Communist Party organizations in Shanghai by the military forces of Chiang Kai-shek and conservative factions in the Kuomintang...
, became an active member of the underground communist movement together with Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai
Zhou Enlai was the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, serving from October 1949 until his death in January 1976...
, hold numerous posts and finally became the Head of the Chinese Politburo's security service. Known as a magician, in fact he personally participated in physical extermination of the CCP betrayers and thus became famous as a party activist.
On April 24, 1931, while giving a performance in Wuhan (P.Short: he was assigned to assassinate Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang Kai-shek was a political and military leader of 20th century China. He is known as Jiǎng Jièshí or Jiǎng Zhōngzhèng in Mandarin....
), Gu was identified from a photograph by the GMD special service. After the arrest he was persuaded to defect, thus causing execution of several thousand communists over the next three months (according to the estimation of the French intelligence bureau in Shanghai). Among the shot was Xiang Zhongfa
Xiang Zhongfa
Xiang Zhongfa was one of the early senior leaders of the Communist Party of China .-Early life:Xiang was born in 1880 to a poor family living in Shanghai. He dropped out of elementary school to move with his parents to their ancestral home in Hubei...
, the General Secretary of CCP.
As retribution, members of his family were killed, allegedly on the order of Zhou Enlai.
In the following years Gu was an effective couch of the Nanjing intelligence service,
secretly organised a "New Communist Party" in 1934, ordered shot by Chiang. The execution took place in Suzhou
Suzhou
Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part...
, December 1934 (June 1935?)
References:
Philip Short
Philip Short
Philip Short is a journalist and author.He was born in Bristol on 17 April 1945. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge. After graduation, he spent from 1967 to 1973 as a freelance journalist, first in Malawi, then in Uganda. He then joined the BBC as a foreign correspondent. He worked there for...
, Mao: a Life pp 281–282;
Wakeman
Wakeman
-Places :* Wakeman, Ohio*The Wakeman School and Arts College, a secondary school in Shrewsbury, UK*Wakeman Sound, a sound on the Coast of British Columbia, Canada-People:* Frederic Wakeman * Oliver Wakeman ....
, Policing Shanghai, 1927-1937, p. 151-161