Long March interpreter, deputy foreign minister and General Staff leader
Revolutionary, officer and diplomat from Wuchang. After studying in Moscow he returned to China and became a CCP member in 1931. He served as Otto Braun’s interpreter and a Red Army staff officer on the Long March. After 1949 he became deputy foreign minister, ambassador to Yugoslavia and deputy head of the party’s International Department. Imprisoned during the Cultural Revolution, he returned as deputy chief of the General Staff in 1975, responsible for intelligence and foreign affairs.
Activities and affiliations
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1931–1949
Chinese Communist revolutionary forces (before 1949)Red Army interpreter and staff officer
Military command -
1931–1997
Diplomacy and international organization
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1949–1958
People’s Republic of China state institutionsDeputy Foreign Minister and ambassador to YugoslaviaMain
Diplomacy and international organization -
1975–
People’s Republic of China state institutionsDeputy Chief of the PLA General Staff
Military command
Career Timeline
- 1925Began studies in the Soviet Union
- 1931Joined the CCP and served in the Red Army
- 1934–1935Joined the Long March as Otto Braun’s interpreter
- 1950Addressed the United Nations for the PRC
- 1975Returned as Deputy Chief of the General Staff