People of the Revolution and the USSR
Economy, finance and planning
People’s Republic of China (state)
People of the Mao era 1949–1976
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- Gao Gang 高岗 The second-most powerful man in the CCP who wielded virtually autonomous power in Manchuria, then walked into Mao's trap and fell
- Li Xiannian 李先念 The finance chief who survived the Cultural Revolution, helped arrest the Gang of Four and became president; one of the “eight elders”