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Su Yu
Su Yu, deputy commander of the East China Military Command during the initial post-liberation period.Born in August 10 1907 in Hunan Province and died in February 5 1967 in Beijing.
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Li Xiaopeng, a male Chinese gymnast, holds 16 world titles, more than any other gymnasts in China.
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Zuo Zongtang was born on November 10, 1812, into a poor family in Xiangyin County, Hunan.
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Yu Ruqin is a fellow of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and a member of the 6th, 8th, and 9th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
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Liao Fan scooped the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in Feb. 2014, for his performance as the detectove in the film Black Coal, Thin Ice (directed by Diao Yinan).
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Huang Xing or Huang Hsing (October 25, 1874-October 31, 1916), Chinese revolutionary leader, militarist and statesman, was born in Changsha and became the first army commander-in-chief of the Republic of China.
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He would have never imagined that a skill he acquired in desperation was to have him realize one of the greatest ambitions of artists around the world - to create the memorial statue of Martin Luther King and have it stand on the National Mall in Was...
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General Xiao Jinguang, commander of China's navy was born in January 4, 1903 in Hunan Province and died Mach 29, 1989 in Beijing.
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