Yu Zhenying
Chinese politician
Yu Zhenying (1902 – 22 May 1960), born Yu Fangdan (方單), courtesy name Haicheng (海澄), and better known by his art name Zhenying (振瀛), was a Chinese politician from Shaanxi, he was one of the founders of the Three Principles of the People Comrades Association and served as a standing member of the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Central Committees of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang.
Biography
Yu was born in 1902 in Shanxi, his father was a member of Tongmenghui, he later married to Chen Jianchen.
In 1926, Yu was appointed chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Executive Committee of the Kuomintang (KMT). Following the Shanghai massacre in 1927, he broke with Chiang Kai-shek's leadership and organized cadre training programs in Shaanxi aimed at cultivating politically committed youth. He was subsequently arrested and imprisoned by the Chiang government.
In 1929, Yu was released through the intervention of Song Zheyuan, then chairman of Shaanxi Province. He traveled to Japan later that year and pursued further studies at Waseda University.
Beginning in 1935, Yu secretly began working for the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In 1936, he served as a political aide to Song Zheyuan in Beiping, where he advocated resistance to Japanese pressure and opposed what he viewed as conciliatory tendencies within the Nationalist government in Nanjing.
In the spring of 1939, Yu was transferred to Chongqing and appointed an instructor for the Second and Eighth War Areas under the Wartime Party and Government Affairs Committee led by Li Jishen.
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