Zhao Yiman was a female Chinese resistance fighter against the Imperial Japanese Army in Northeast China, which was under the occupation of the Japanese puppet state Manchukuo.
13 Facts About Zhao Yiman
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Zhao Yiman was captured in 1935 by Japanese forces and executed in 1936.
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Zhao Yiman is considered a national hero in China, and an eponymous biopic was made for her in 1950.
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The 2005 film My Mother Zhao Yiman was based on her son's memory of her.
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Zhao Yiman joined the Communist Party of China in 1926.
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Zhao Yiman returned to China in the winter of 1928, and engaged in the underground Communist work in Shanghai, and then in Jiangxi Province.
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Zhao Yiman changed her name as Zhao Yiman to avoid implicating her family.
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Zhao Yiman, who was political commissar of the regiment, was seriously wounded.
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Zhao Yiman was cruelly tortured after an argument with the questioners.
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Zhao Yiman was recaptured not far from the guerrilla base and suffered further torture due to her escape.
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On her way to the execution ground, Zhao Yiman sang loudly the Ode of the Red Flag, and shouted anti-Japanese slogans.
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The guard, Dong, who helped Zhao Yiman to escape, soon died in the prison after torture.
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Zhao Yiman is featured as one of the revolutionary heroes in the Northeast China Revolutionary Martyrs Memorial Hall located at 241 Yiman Street in the Nangang district of Harbin.