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Kang Sheng's emergence during the cultural revolution as one of the most important Maoist stalwarts suggests that…it is not unlikely that at the 8th Congress Mao saved Kang from even greater humiliation.
Kang Sheng (born 1898, Zhucheng, Shandong province, China—died Dec. 16, 1975, Beijing) was a Chinese communist official who is considered to have been one of the three or four most powerful individuals in the government during the Cultural Revolution (1966–76).
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康生（1898年－1975年12月16日），原名张宗可，字少卿，曾用名赵溶、张溶、张耘 [1]，乳名张旺，笔名鲁赤水，山东诸城县大台庄人（1946年立胶南县后始划归之）。. 曾任中共中央政治局常委、中共中央副主席、全国人大常委会副委员长、全国政协副主席等职务 ...
Kang Sheng (1898-1975, Wade-Giles: K’ang Sheng), was a senior member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and head of the party’s intelligent bureau or secret police for more than three decades. Kang was born into a land-owning family in Shandong province and attended a boys’ elementary school.
Jan 26, 1992 · Kang Sheng, it became clear, had played a pivotal role in the persecution of hundreds of thousands of individuals, including the highest-ranking officials in the government and party; he...
They were overseen by Mao’s security chief Kang Sheng, who was famous for dressing in black, riding a black horse, carrying a black whip and being accompanied by a vicious black dog. Kang was brutal and calculating, skilled at levying false accusations and extracting false confessions.
Jul 25, 2014 · In this episode we take a look at Kang Sheng, a Communist Party of China official whose infamy stems from overseeing the Party's internal security and intelligence units during the...
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