Deputy Chairman1945
Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party
Historical person
Liu Shaoqi Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Liu Shaoqi, based on 15 World History Database records associated with China.
15 records1945–196914 events4 places
Chronological biography
1945
1946
May Fourth Directive4 May 1946
Liu Shaoqi is associated with the land policy directive encouraging redistribution in Communist areas
1959
Head of State1959
Appointed Head of State for China
1966
Alliance China and Vietnam1966
Proposes sending Chinese armies into Vietnam against the United States
Cultural Revolution1966
Liu Shaoqi is targeted as a capitalist roader during the Cultural Revolution
May 16 Notification16 May 1966
Liu Shaoqi becomes a principal target as the Cultural Revolution turns against the party establishment
1967
Book Burning1967
Liu Shaoqi's works are denounced and burned as he is attacked as China's Khrushchev
House ArrestJuly 1967
Liu Shaoqi is placed under severe confinement as attacks on him escalate
1968
Dismissal31 October 1968
Liu Shaoqi is removed from all posts and expelled from the party during the Cultural Revolution
Expulsion from Party31 October 1968
Liu Shaoqi is expelled from the Communist Party as the main capitalist-roader target
Purge31 October 1968
Expelled from the CCP
Trial31 October 1968
Found guilty at a trial conducted by the Plenium of the Eighth Party Congress
1969
BurialNovember 1969
Cremated & thrown into a common grave under another name
Death of Liu ShaoqiNovember 1969
Dies of privation in jail at Kaifeng City, Henan province
Death of Liu Shaoqi12 November 1969
Liu Shaoqi dies in custody after years of persecution
Titles and roles
CCP Leader · Deputy Chairman · Former President of China · Head of State · President of China
Record provenance
This biography is assembled from World History Database records filtered by country and personal-name fields. Exact duplicate display records are removed. The database is an index rather than a complete narrative biography; formal research should verify entries against relevant primary or specialist sources.