Founder of the Communist Youth League and Borodin's interpreter, an early leader killed leading the Guangzhou Uprising
Born in Changzhou, Jiangsu, he studied law at Peiyang University in Tianjin and took part in the May Fourth Movement. Joining Li Dazhao's Beijing communist group in 1920, he was one of the first members of the Chinese Communist Party and, as an organiser of the Socialist Youth League, is counted a founder of the Communist Youth League. In 1921 he served as secretary of the China section of the Comintern's Far Eastern Bureau and helped prepare the First Congress, and during the united front he was Borodin's interpreter. In July 1927 he joined the provisional leadership that replaced Chen Duxiu, and as Guangdong secretary he planned the Guangzhou Uprising and chaired its Revolutionary Military Council, but was killed in an ambush on 12 December.
Also known as: Chang Tai-lei
Activities and affiliations
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1920–1927
Political and party leadership
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1921–1927
CominternSecretary, China section, Comintern Far Eastern Bureau
Diplomacy and international organization
Career Timeline
- 1920Joins the Beijing communist group
- 1921Secretary of the China section of the Comintern Far Eastern Bureau; helps prepare the First Congress
- 1924–1927Interpreter to Borodin
- 1927Provisional CCP leadership; Guangdong secretary; killed in the Guangzhou Uprising
Related historical events
- 1915–1921May Fourth and the founding of the Chinese Communist PartyInterpreter at the West Lake meetingMaring’s interpreter, with him at Guilin to see Sun Yat-sen and at the West Lake meeting of 1922.
- 1924–1927The first united front, the Northern Expedition and the catastrophe of 1927Chairman of the Guangzhou Uprising's Revolutionary Military CouncilBorodin's interpreter and a member of the 1927 provisional leadership, killed in the rising he planned.