Chen Duxiu
Politician
1879 – 1942
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Who was Chen Duxiu?
Chen Duxiu was a Chinese revolutionary socialist, educator, philosopher, and author, who co-founded the Chinese Communist Party in 1921, serving from 1921 to 1927 as its first General Secretary. Chen was a leading figure in the anti-imperialist Xinhai Revolution and the May Fourth Movement for Science and Democracy. Politically, he advocated the Trotskyist theory of Marxism.
Chen's ancestral home was in Anqing, Anhui, where he established the influential vernacular Chinese periodical New Youth.
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- Born
- Oct 8, 1879
Anqing - Also known as
- Duxiu Chen
- San'ai
- Spouses
- Children
- Nationality
- China
- Empire of the Great Qing
- Profession
- Education
- Zhejiang University
- Waseda University
- Lived in
- Anhui
- Died
- May 27, 1942
Sichuan
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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