Wang Guangmei
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Wife of Liu Shaoqi. (b. 1921) Described as a sophisticated woman, she spoke French, English and Russian. Her father had been a high ranking official in the Chinese Republic. She had worked as a translator in efforts to mediate between Chiang Kaishek and Mao Zedong after World War II. This mediation was headed by George Marshall, and many Americans who were present admired her. This would play a later role in charges that she was an American spy. In 1967 she and Liu Shaoqui were taken by Red Guards. She was put under house arrest and then imprisonment, with various forms of torture being used against her. Liu Shaoqi was killed, as were some of her children. She was not released until 1979.
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"The New Emperors" Harrison E. Salisbury ISBN 0-380-720-256
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