Liu Shaoqi Biography and Timeline

Deputy Chairman

Appointed Deputy Chairman of the Communist Party

May Fourth Directive

Liu Shaoqi is associated with the land policy directive encouraging redistribution in Communist areas

Head of State

Appointed Head of State for China

Role range: 1959-1966

May 16 Notification

Liu Shaoqi becomes a principal target as the Cultural Revolution turns against the party establishment

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1959-1968

Cultural Revolution

Liu Shaoqi is targeted as a capitalist roader during the Cultural Revolution

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1959-1968

Alliance China and Vietnam

Proposes sending Chinese armies into Vietnam against the United States

Role range: 1960-1975 – 1959-1966

House Arrest

Liu Shaoqi is placed under severe confinement as attacks on him escalate

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1959-1968

Book Burning

Liu Shaoqi's works are denounced and burned as he is attacked as China's Khrushchev

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1959-1968

Purge

Expelled from the CCP

Trial

Found guilty at a trial conducted by the Plenium of the Eighth Party Congress

Dismissal

Liu Shaoqi is removed from all posts and expelled from the party during the Cultural Revolution

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1959-1968

Expulsion from Party

Liu Shaoqi is expelled from the Communist Party as the main capitalist-roader target

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1959-1968

Death of Liu Shaoqi

Liu Shaoqi dies in custody after years of persecution

Role range: 1966-1976 – 1959-1968

Burial

Cremated & thrown into a common grave under another name

Death of Liu Shaoqi

Dies of privation in jail at Kaifeng City, Henan province