chinese december april chinese communist revolutionary politician party secretary short lived served secretary party chief provinces great leap forward pan marshal critic policy result dismissed party chief subjected persecution later cultural revolution began pan party chief province embraced rebel movement gained support soon involved major violence dismissed investigation posthumously criticized committing mistakes cultural revolution born december poor peasant family original chinese courtesy pan excellent student admitted highest score entrance examination later forced drop owing poverty taught rural senior elementary school years admitted number rural normal school influenced communist classmates joined incident led japanese occupation pan organized students join anti japanese protests capital march arrested government held number prison sentenced years republic released late eruption second sino japanese war release prison pan organized led communist later leader communist base participated second sino japanese war subsequent chinese civil war government early august official establishment appointed communist_party secretary newly established march number peasants cattle death transporting grain government storage pan took partial responsibility incident demoted deputy party chief november abolished merged party chief called secretary succeeding september elected alternate member 8th anti movement marshal criticized disastrous policies result major target persecution loyalist second secretary approval 9th june lower ranking officials denounced pan yang right anti party subjected brutal struggle sessions october communist_party calculated billion big character posters denouncing written people posters labelled little pan dismissed office sent work farm replaced pan secretary implemented policy leadership worst affected provinces great chinese famine nearly million people death end great leap forward pan minister level director cultural revolution october appointed secretary political cultural revolution erupted shortly january province set revolutionary committee enthusiastically embracing power seizure movement rebel pan able gain support known figure china cultural revolution pan chairman revolutionary committee march provincial party chiefs country transformed incumbent provincial secretary head revolutionary committee considered rare feat vast majority provincial overthrown power removed power means april pan elected member april member soon establishment revolutionary committee faction opposing pan emerged sought remove power pan involved violence jailed people rival faction including party members ordinary people supporters opponents fought major armed conflicts pan disagreements local military leadership june central government dismissed posts investigation death april pan died stroke issued statement criticizing pan committing mistakes cultural revolution
Pan Fusheng