Deng Yuanzhao or Deng Fa (1906 - 1946) an early

Deng Yuanzhao or Deng Fa (1906 - 1946) an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party. He participated in the Canton-Hong Kong strike and the Guangzhou Uprising. He later engaged in underground work in Guangzhou and Hong Kong for the CCP, and become Party Committee Secretary of Guangzhou and Hong Kong and head of the Organisation Department in Guangdong. After 1931. He became the Political Director of the Shaan-Gan Army's 3rd Column, in charge of the secret police. His handling of the position earned him the nickname of China's Dzerzhinsky. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he was appointed representative of the CCP to Xinjiang. He died in a plane crash in 1946, along with other senior Communist leaders including Ye Ting, Bo Gu, and Wang Ruofei

Appointed Armys Deng Dzerzhinsky Earned Engaged Guangdong Guangzhou Handling Nickname Participated Representative Sino-japanese Ting Wang Xinjiang

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