Shi Liang
Shi Liang | |
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Born | Changzhou, Jiangxu | March 27, 1900
Died | September 6, 1985 | (aged 85)
Nationality | China |
Citizenship | Qing Empire People's Republic of China |
Shi Liang (Chinese: 史良; pinyin: Shǐ Liáng; Wade–Giles: Shih Liang; March 27, 1900 – September 6, 1985) was a prominent lawyer and activist of the Republic of China. She was the only woman arrested in what was known as the on the eve of war with Japan in 1936. In 1949, she became the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China.
Biography[]
Shi Liang was born in Changzhou, Jiangsu in 1900. She was educated in Shanghai and became a lawyer there. She and another six intellectuals were arrested by Chiang Kai-shek’s government in 1936, in what is known as the .[1]
Shi was the first Minister of Justice of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1959.[2]
Citations[]
- ^ Shan (2013), pp. 51-77.
- ^ Lee (2016), pp. 454-455.
General references[]
- Lee, Lily Xiao Hong (2016). "Shi Liang". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women. Volume 2. London: Routledge. pp. 450–455.
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has extra text (help)[dead link] - Shan, Patrick Fuliang (2013). "Demythologizing Politicized Myths: A New Interpretation of the Seven Gentlemen Incident". Frontiers of History in China. 8 (1): 51–77. doi:10.3868/s020-002-013-0004-6.
External links[]
- Biography of Shi Liang (in Chinese)
- Profile of Shi Liang[permanent dead link] (in Chinese)
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- 1900 births
- 1985 deaths
- All-China Women's Federation people
- Members of the China Democratic League
- Ministers of Justice of the People's Republic of China
- People's Republic of China politicians from Jiangsu
- Politicians from Changzhou
- Republic of China people born during Qing
- Vice Chairpersons of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
- Vice Chairpersons of the National People's Congress
- Women government ministers of China
- Chinese politician stubs