Li Rui (politician)
Li Rui (Chinese: 李锐; 13 April 1917 – 16 February 2019) was a Chinese politician. He was a member of the Communist Party of China. He was also a writer and supporter of democratic reform in China.[1] He was born in Beijing.
In the mid-1950s, Li was briefly one of Mao Zedong's secretaries. His criticisms of Great Leap Forward, and support for Peng Dehuai, led to his exile. He briefly worked with the West German government.[2]
He was a vice minister of the Ministry of Water Conservation.
Li turned 100 in April 2017.[3] He died on 16 February 2019 in Beijing from multiple organ failure at the age of 101.[4]
Li Rui (politician) Media
Mao Zedong 1963
Throughout the 1980s, Li opposed the construction of the Three Gorges Dam (pictured in 2006)
Li during hospitalisation in April 2018
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References
- ↑ Fifty Influential Public Intellectuals - The Propaganda Department's List of Six Archived 2010-12-07 at the Wayback Machine, ed by Nicolai Volland, Institut Fur Sinologie
- ↑ Sullivan, Lawrence (2011). Historical Dictionary of the Chinese Communist Party. Scarecrow Press. p. 159.
- ↑ Staff (2017-04-13). "Li Rui: China's red rebel turns 100". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-04-23.
- ↑ Ian Johnson (February 15, 2019). "Li Rui, a Mao Confident Who Turned Party Critic, Dies at 101". The New York Times. Retrieved February 15, 2019.