Today in History
August 3, 1935: The Red Army headquarters draft a campaign plan at Xiahe and Taohe River
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Updated: 2011-08-03 15:18
August 3, 1935: The Red Army headquarters draft a campaign plan at Xiahe and Taohe River in southern Gansu
August 3, 1972: Deng Xiaoping writes to Mao Zedong and accuses the Lin Biao group of rebellion and treason
August 3—8, 1981: The Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee holds a national forum on the ideological front
August 3, 1986: An explosion-proof equipment plant in Shenyang declares bankruptcy
CPC Heroes
Zhu De
Zhu De, born in Yilong County of Sichuan Province in 1886 and passed away in 1976, is a great Marxist, proletarian revolutionary, statesman and military strategist.
Chen Yi
A native of Le Zhi, in Southwest China's Sichuan Province, and awarded by the People's Republic of China the military rank of marshal; Served as the country's Vice Premier (1954-1972) and Foreign Minister (1958-1972)