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Yuan Guoping

1906 – 1941

Chinese Army officer

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Lived 1906 – 1941 (aged 34). Yuan Guoping was a military personnel.

Yuan Guoping (; 1906 – 15 January 1941) was a Communist army officer who participated in the Northern Expedition, the first phase of the Chinese Civil War (1927–37) and the Second Sino-Japanese War. Yuan joined the Communist Youth League in 1924, at the age of 18. In October 1925, he joined the Chinese Communist Party while attending Whampoa Military Academy. In July 1926, he participated in the Northern Expedition as a member of the Kuomintang Fourth Army. Later, he joined Communist uprisings against the Kuomintang in Nanchang, Jiangxi province (August 1, 1927) and Guangzhou, Guangdong province (December 13, 1927) before going to southern Jiangxi in defense of the Chinese Soviet Republic against multiple Kuomintang attacks.

Second Sino-Japanese War and death 1940 group photo of New Fourth Army commanders who had participated in the Nanchang Uprising of 1927. Front row from left: Zhou Zikun, Yuan Guoping, Ye Ting, Chen Yi and Su Yu. Zhou and Yuan both died the following year

In March 1938, he was made a representative of the Chinese Communist Party in the New Fourth Army. Yuan was killed by Kuomintang forces in the New Fourth Army Incident. In June 1955, he was interred at Yuhuatai Memorial Park of Revolutionary Martyrs, alongside Zhou Zikun.

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Hunan First Normal University

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Who was Yuan Guoping?

Chinese Army officer (1906-1941)

When was Yuan Guoping born?

Yuan Guoping was born on 1 May 1906 in Shaoyang.

When did Yuan Guoping die?

Yuan Guoping died on 12 January 1941 in Jing County.

What was Yuan Guoping's occupation?

Yuan Guoping was a military personnel.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Yuan Guoping

· Wikidata: Q16857042

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