Chu Anping

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{{Liberalism in China|Intellectuals}}

'''Chu Anping''' ({{lang-zh|t=儲安平|s=储安平|p=Chǔ Ānpíng|w=Ch'u Anp'ing}}; 1909–1966?) was a Chinese scholar, liberal [[journalist]] and editor of ''Guancha'' ({{lang-zh|s=观察|p=Guānchá|l=The Observer|labels=no}}) in the Civil War era of the late 1940s. He is widely considered to be one of the most famous [[Liberalism in China|liberals]] in China. He was Editor of the China Democratic League newspaper "for intellectuals", the ''[[Guangming Daily (China)|Guangming Daily]]'', in the PRC era. Following publication of his article entitled "The Party Dominates the World", he was attacked by [[Mao Zedong]] in the [[Hundred Flowers]] Campaign of 1957 and purged during the [[Anti-Rightist Movement]]. He disappeared in 1966. He was father to [[Chu Wanghua]] ({{lang-zh|s=储望华|labels=no}}), a contemporary Chinese composer based in Australia, and grandfather to [[Mark Chu]], a multidisciplinary artist.

'''Chu Anping''' ({{lang-zh|t=儲安平|s=储安平|p=Chǔ Ānpíng|w=Ch'u Anp'ing}}; 1909–1966?) was a Chinese scholar, liberal [[journalist]] and editor of ''Guancha'' ({{lang-zh|s=观察|p=Guānchá|l=The Observer|labels=no}}) in the Civil War era of the late 1940s. He is widely considered to be one of the most famous [[Liberalism in China|liberals]] in China. He was Editor of the China Democratic League newspaper "for intellectuals", the ''[[Guangming Daily (China)|Guangming Daily]]'', in the PRC era. Following publication of his article entitled "The Party Dominates the World", he was attacked by [[Mao Zedong]] in the [[Hundred Flowers]] Campaign of 1957 and purged during the [[Anti-Rightist Movement]]. He disappeared in 1966. He was father to [[Chu Wanghua]] ({{lang-zh|s=储望华|labels=no}}), a contemporary Chinese composer based in Australia, and grandfather to [[Mark Chu]], a multidisciplinary artist.

==Career outline==

* 1932 graduated from the English department, Kwang Hua University, Shanghai.

* 1933 appointed editor of [[Central Daily News|Central Daily]] (Nanjing) supplement.

* 1936 travelled to England to collect political texts, studying at the [[University of Edinburgh]].

* September 1, 1946 organized ''Observer'' semi-monthly publication, let the organization head and chief editor. On December 25, 1948 is sealed up by Kuomintang.

* 1954 was appointed September Third Society members of the Central Committee concurrently propaganda department vice-minister, and no matter what National People's Congress represented.

* April 1, 1957 Chu was appointed ''Guangming Daily'' editor-in-chief.

==Biography==

==Biography==

On June 1, 1957, at the symposium convened by the Department for United Front Work of the CCP Central Committee, Chu made a speech entitled "Comment made to Chairman Mao And Premier Zhou," which stated that [[Mao Zedong]] had seen the "world [as the] party's". Both the government and the people felt the tremendous reverberations. ''[[People's Daily]]'' and ''[[Guangming Daily (China)|Guangming Daily]]'' both published the full text the next day with banner headlines and in a prominent position.{{cite web |author1=储安平 |title=向毛主席和周总理提些意见 |url=https://www.marxists.org/chinese/reference-books/dissident-1956-1957/27.htm |website=www.marxists.org |access-date=17 June 2025 |language=zh |date=1957-06-02}}{{cite news|last1=Yu |first1=Verna |title=Legacy of 'rightist' editor Chu Anping remains controversial five decades after his disappearance |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1807779/legacy-rightist-editor-chu-anping-remains-controversial |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=17 June 2025 |language=en |date=23 May 2015}}{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Zeming |title=The "Active Rightists" of 1957 and Their Legacy: "Right-wing Intellectuals," Revisionists, and Rights Defenders |journal=[[China Perspectives]] |date=15 December 2007 |volume=2007 |issue=4 |page=42 |doi=10.4000/chinaperspectives.2553 |url=http://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/2553|doi-access=free }}

On June 1, 1957, at the symposium convened by the Department for United Front Work of the CCP Central Committee, Chu made a speech entitled "Comment made to Chairman Mao And Premier Zhou," which stated that [[Mao Zedong]] had seen the "world [as the] party's". Both the government and the people felt the tremendous reverberations. ''[[People's Daily]]'' and ''[[Guangming Daily (China)|Guangming Daily]]'' both published the full text the next day with banner headlines and in a prominent position.{{cite web |author1=储安平 |title=向毛主席和周总理提些意见 |url=https://www.marxists.org/chinese/reference-books/dissident-1956-1957/27.htm |website=www.marxists.org |access-date=17 June 2025 |language=zh |date=1957-06-02}}{{cite news|last1=Yu |first1=Verna |title=Legacy of 'rightist' editor Chu Anping remains controversial five decades after his disappearance |url=https://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/1807779/legacy-rightist-editor-chu-anping-remains-controversial |website=South China Morning Post |access-date=17 June 2025 |language=en |date=23 May 2015}}{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Zeming |title=The "Active Rightists" of 1957 and Their Legacy: "Right-wing Intellectuals," Revisionists, and Rights Defenders |journal=[[China Perspectives]] |date=15 December 2007 |volume=2007 |issue=4 |page=42 |doi=10.4000/chinaperspectives.2553 |url=http://journals.openedition.org/chinaperspectives/2553|doi-access=free }}

In January 1958, in the [[Anti-Rightist Movement]] Chu was labelled an "anti-party anti-people anti-socialism bourgeois rightist".

In January 1958, in the [[Anti-Rightist Movement]] Chu was labelled an "anti-party anti-people anti-socialism bourgeois rightist".{{cn}}

==Disappearance==

==Disappearance==