About Tan Xilin
Lived 1908 – 1970 (aged 61). Tan Xilin was a Chinese diplomat.
Tan Xilin (; March 12, 1908-February 11, 1970) was a division commander in the New Fourth Army and later a lieutenant general of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. He was born in Changsha, Hunan. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in 1927 and participated in the Nanchang Uprising and the Jiangxi Soviet. He commanded an engineering detachment during the Long March. After fighting in the Chinese Communist Revolution, he became the Chinese ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1950–1954).
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Who was Tan Xilin?
Chinese general and later diplomat
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Tan Xilin was born on 12 March 1908 in Changsha.
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Tan Xilin died on 11 February 1970 in Beijing.
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Tan Xilin was a diplomat.
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Tan Xilin was Chinese.
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