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=Qu Qiubai=

Qu Qiubai ( 瞿秋白 // Qū Qiūbái //, 1899-1935) was a prominent activist and proponent for the Chinese Communist Party. Born to a prominent family, Quibai's father was an opium addict and his mother committed suicide in 1915. Unable to pay college tuition Qu Quibai enrolled in the Russian Language Institute which was the start of his political career. Highly influenced by the May Fourth Movement and his studies in Russia he became a strong advocate of Communism. One of the co-founders of the Chinese Communist Party he worked as a mentor to Mao Zedong. In the 1930's he returned from Russia to Shanghai where he was prominent in the leadership of the League of Left Wing Writers. He worked on mobilizing the Chinese intellectuals before the eventual collapse of the League. Following his work with the League he went and joined the Communist forces in Jiangxi. When the Communist forces withdrew he stayed behind to continue his propaganda campaign which led to his eventual capture. He was executed in June of 1935.

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