Xiao Wangdong

Early life and wartime career Xiao Wangdong was born in August 1910 in Ji'an County, Jiangxi province. His original name was Xiao Huicun , and he also used the name Xiao Ke . He joined the Communist Youth League in November 1927. In July 1929, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Red Army. In October 1934, he participated in the Long March, and reached northern Shaanxi a year later. He lost his post when the Ministry dissolved.

Although Xiao was a military official, he followed Liu Shaoqi and attempted to limit the disruptions of the radical Red Guards. In February 1967 he was denounced as a counterrevolutionary and capitalist roader. He was purged and subsequently imprisoned for nine years. His superior Tao Zhu, who sought to protect him, was also purged.

Xiao was politically rehabilitated at the end of the Cultural Revolution and became Political Commissar of the Jinan Military Region from 1976 to 1982. He was also elected as an alternate member of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (1977−82). He became a member of the Central Advisory Commission in 1982, and was re-elected in 1987.

Xiao Wangdong died in Beijing on 11 May 1989.