Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969). Soviet-educated Communist organizer and theorist, author
of How to Be a Good Communist.
President of the People's Republic of China and vice-chairman of the Chinese Communist
Party, regarded as
Mao Zedong's heir apparent until he was purged in the late 1960s.
During the
Cultural Revolution, he was
criticized as a "capitalist roader." He died in
prison in 1969.
Liu Shaoqi
