Today in History
June 21, 1992: Li Xiannian dies in Beijing at the age of 83
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Updated: 2011-06-21 17:30
June 21, 1956: The first of 335 prisoners of the Japanese war criminals are granted immunity from prosecution and released the same day by the China's Supreme People's Procuratorate
June 21, 1992: Li Xiannian dies in Beijing at the age of 83
Li was praised as a great proletarian revolutionary, statesman, military strategist, staunch Marxist, and an outstanding leader of the Party and State.
June 21, 1996: Jiang Zemin issues a speech entitled "Make an Effort to Build High-Quality Cadres" at a forum marking the75th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China
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)