1. Wang Jiaxiang was one of the senior leaders of the Chinese Communist Party in its early stage and a member of the 28 Bolsheviks.
11 Facts About Wang Jiaxiang
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Wang Jiaxiang, a native of Jing County, Anhui, was born into a landlord family and attended an English missionary school in Wuhu.
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In Moscow, Wang Jiaxiang joined the cohort consisting of Wang Jiaxiang Ming, Zhang Wentian, Bo Gu and other students, called the "28 Bolsheviks", jointly expressing a wish to engage in revolution in China.
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In 1928, while still in Moscow, Wang Jiaxiang joined the Chinese Communist Party.
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The return of the "28 Bolsheviks" began with Wang Ming and Chen Yuandao in early 1929, with Wang Jiaxiang returning in 1930.
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On 11 June 1930 Wang Jiaxiang was sent to Hong Kong after an abortive attempt to take control of the Party.
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Bo Gu was dismissed as general secretary and replaced by Zhang, and Wang Jiaxiang rose to control the Red Army along with Mao and Zhou Enlai.
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Wang Jiaxiang came back the next year with an important tribute to Mao: an alleged oral message from Georgi Dimitrov, one of the leaders of Comintern at that time, that approved the CCP's united front work and endorsed Mao's leading position in the Party.
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In 1943 Wang Jiaxiang was the first to promote the concept of Maoism, co-heading the Central Study Group in Yan'an which oversaw the mobilisation meetings which forced all Politburo members to speak.
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Wang Jiaxiang proposed that Mao Zedong had always upheld "dialectical materialism", and that Liu Shaoqi had, cementing the alliance between Mao and Liu.
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In 1951 Wang Jiaxiang was appointed as Minister of External Communication Department of CCP.