Editor's note: Liu Shaoqi (1898-1969) was once China's second most powerful leader. He rose to prominence through the leading workers' movement in the fledging days of the Communist Party of China ...

On May 17, 1980, a memorial meeting for Liu Shaoqi was held in the Great Hall of the People. In accordance with the last words of Liu Shaoqi, his ashes were scattered into the sea at Qingdao.

Liu Shaoqi was a revolutionary, statesman, and theorist. He was once chairman of the People's Republic of China from April, 1959 to October, 1968, during which he led economic construction and ...

In 1962, Chinese President Liu Shaoqi warned Mao Zedong: "History will record the role you and I played in the starvation of so many people, and the cannibalization will also be memorialized!" ...

A new documentary series portraying Mao Zedong’s right-hand man, Liu Shaoqi, will begin shooting on Wednesday, official media reported. The former No 2 leader of China under Mao – and ...

Liu Shaoqi, one of Mao’s designated successors, died on a prison floor in his own filth. Another, Lin Biao, perished in a plane crash fleeing China.

From The International Herald Tribune: Wang Guangmei, the former Chinese first lady who was persecuted in the 1960s during the Cultural Revolution with her husband, President Liu Shaoqi, has died ...

General Liu Yuan, the fourth son of the late president Liu Shaoqi, has become a strong contender for a top Central Military Commission (CMC) post after being appointed a political commissar of the ...

Wang Guangmei, wife of Liu Shaoqi, former president of People’s Republic of China, died in Beijing on Oct. 13, Singtaonet said. Wang’s death has still not been publicized in China.