Yang Youlin
Yang Youlin | |||||||||||
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| 杨幼麟 | |||||||||||
Yang Youlin | |||||||||||
| Born | 1899 Hami, Xinjiang, Qing dynasty | ||||||||||
| Died | 1935 (Age 36) Ruijin, Jiangxi Province, Republic of China | ||||||||||
| Cause of death | Executed by the Nationalist government | ||||||||||
| Education | Hunan Self-Study University; Moscow Sun Yat-sen University | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Moscow Sun Yat-sen University | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Vice Chairman of the Hunan Hubei Jiangxi Provincial Soviet Government | ||||||||||
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
| Opponent | Nationalist government | ||||||||||
| Spouse | Li Huaying (李华英) | ||||||||||
| Children | Yang Yingpeng | ||||||||||
| Father | Yang Xianglin | ||||||||||
| Relatives | Yang Zailin - Younger brother Yang Kaihui - 2nd Cousin | ||||||||||
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| Allegiance | Communist China | ||||||||||
| Branch | Chinese Red Army | ||||||||||
| Years of service | 1925–1935 | ||||||||||
| Commands | 16th Red Army | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 杨幼麟 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨幼麟 | ||||||||||
| Postal | Yang Yu-lin | ||||||||||
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Yang Youlin (Chinese: 杨幼麟, Youlin Yang, 1899–1935), nickname Shifu (Chinese: 石夫), was a Chinese politician and a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), being the Vice Chairman and Acting Chairman of the Hunan Hubei Jiangxi Soviet Provincial Government before he was captured and executed in 1935 by the Nationalist government. He was formerly a schoolteacher before joining the CCP in 1925. As a member of the CCP, he was responsible for managing education affairs, teaching the ideals of the communist revolution to his fellow Chinese. Youlin was harassed and was forced to flee to the Soviet Union in 1927, returning in 1929 after studying in Moscow. He became Vice Chairman of the Hunan Hubei Jiangxi Soviet Provincial Government and assumed command of the 16th Army in 1930, and led the Chinese Red Army offensive on Changsha in that year. He fought against the fifth encirclement campaign against the Jiangxi Soviet, and was captured by the National Revolutionary Army and executed in 1935.