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Li Dazhao
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| 李大釗 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 29 October 1889 Laoting, Zhili, Qing China | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 April 1927 (aged 37) Peking, Republic of China | ||||||||||||||
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging | ||||||||||||||
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| Alma mater | Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; Beiyang College of Law and Politics, Tianjin, China. | ||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 李大釗 | ||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 李大钊 | ||||||||||||||
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| Chinese | 壽昌 守常 | ||||||||||||||
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Li Dazhao or Li Ta-chao (October 29, 1889 – April 28, 1927) was a Chinese intellectual and revolutionary who participated in the New Culture Movement in the early years of the Republic of China, established in 1912. He co-founded the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) with Chen Duxiu in July 1921. He helped build a united front between the CCP and Sun Yat-sen's Nationalist Party (KMT) in early 1924. During the Northern Expedition, Li was arrested and then executed by warlord Zhang Zuolin in Beijing in April 1927.
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