1. Shao Hua, formerly known as Zhang Shaohua, was a Chinese photographer and a major general in the People's Liberation Army.
14 Facts About Shao Hua
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Shao Hua was the wife of Mao Anqing, the second son of Mao Zedong.
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Shao Hua was born as Chen Anyun in October 1938 in Yan'an, Shaanxi, the headquarters of the Chinese Communist Party following the Long March.
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Shao Hua's father was Chen Zhenhua, who was from Shimin, Hunan.
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Shao Hua's mother was Zhang Wenqiu, who was from Jingshan County, Hubei.
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Shao Hua traveled extensively throughout China following the Chinese Civil War.
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Shao Hua became the head of the China Photographers Association in 2002 and served in that position until her death in 2008.
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Shao Hua was a major general in the People's Liberation Army.
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Shao Hua served as the director of the military encyclopedia department of the PLA Academy of Military Sciences.
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Shao Hua was a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 1988 to 2002, when she began displaying her photographs publicly.
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Shao Hua married Mao Anqing, Mao Zedong's second son and a Russian linguist, in September 1960.
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Shao Hua's husband had no active role in the Chinese government.
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Shao Hua's son Mao Xinyu and his wife, Liu Bin, have one son Mao Dongdong who was born in 2003 at Peking Union Medical College Hospital and the only great-grandson of Mao Zedong.
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Shao Hua died in Beijing due to breast cancer on 24 June 2008, at the age of 69.