Zhang Tailei

Zhang Tailei (simplified Chinese: 张太雷; traditional Chinese: 張太雷; pinyin: Zhāng Tàiléi) (June 1898 – 12 December 1927) was the leader of the Guangzhou Uprising, during which he was killed.

Zhang Tailei
(simplified Chinese: 张太雷; traditional Chinese: 張太雷; pinyin: Zhāng Tàiléi)
Zhang Tailei
Born	June 1898
Died	December 12, 1927 (aged 29)
Nationality	Chinese
Alma mater	Peiyang University
Known for	Guangzhou Uprising

Zhang was sent to the Russian Far East in 1921 to make a report to the Comintern for the Communist Party of China.[1] Zhang then studied in Moscow for a few years. However, when he went back to China, he became hostile to the others who had returned to China in 1924.[2]

Zhang emphasized the role of an army that is created out of bandits, the poorest peasants, paupers, and rural lumpenproletarian elements.

References

1. THE TRAGEDY OF CHINESE REVOLUTION – Political, Social, Cultural, Historical Analysis Of China
2. From the Moscow Group Archived 13 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Litteratur

• Rae Yang: Spider Eaters, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1997, s. 92.
• http://www.jstor.org/pss/189392