Feng Baiju

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'''Feng Baiju''' ({{lang-zh|s=冯白驹}}; 1903–1973) was the chief leader of the [[Hainan Independent Column]] (Qiongya zongdui) of [[Chinese Communist Party|Chinese Communist]] fighters on the island of [[Hainan]]. Feng led the column in resistance to both the Nationalist [[Kuomintang]], and the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese]]. The Japanese occupation of Hainan lasted from 1939 through 1945. The Communist takeover of Hainan did not occur until the spring of 1950 when mainland Communist forces joined with Feng's local column of fighters. Feng maintained control of political leadership on Hainan for a short time after the Communist takeover, but soon he was removed in favor of leaders who were more palatable to mainland Chinese leaders. He was interrogated several times during the "[[anti-localism]]" campaigns of the 1950s, and again during the [[Cultural Revolution]], when he faced political difficulties due to having previously written confessions during imprisonments by the Kuomintang. Ultimately, he was rehabilitated shortly before his death in 1973. Today he is celebrated as one of Hainan's local heroes.{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Jeremy A. |title=China’s Lonely Revolution: The Local Communist Movement of Hainan Island, 1926-1956. |date= |publisher=State University of New York Press. |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4384-6532-6 |pages=57–74}}{{Cite book |last=Li |first=Fu Shun |title=Feng Baiju and his comrades |publisher=Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House |year=2016 |isbn=787509831748 |edition=Chinese |trans-title=Feng Baiju and his comrades}}

'''Feng Baiju''' ({{lang-zh|s=冯白驹}}; 1903–1973) was the chief leader of the [[Hainan Independent Column]] (Qiongya zongdui) of [[Chinese Communist Party|Chinese Communist]] fighters on the island of [[Hainan]]. Feng led the column in resistance to both the Nationalist [[Kuomintang]], and the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese]].

The Japanese occupation of Hainan lasted from 1939 through 1945. On 25 November 1949, the [[Wah Kiu Yat Po|Overseas Chinese Daily News]] reported Feng's appointment as Third Deputy [[Commissar]] of the [[Guangdong Military District]].{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP80-00809A000600270231-5.pdf|title=Establish Ningxia People's Government; Set Up Military Control Commissions|newspaper=Central Intelligence Agency|date=December 7, 1949|access-date= April 25, 2026}} The Communist takeover of Hainan did not occur until the spring of 1950 when mainland Communist forces joined with Feng's local column of fighters. Feng maintained control of political leadership on Hainan for a short time after the Communist takeover, but soon he was removed in favor of leaders who were more palatable to mainland Chinese leaders. He was interrogated several times during the "[[anti-localism]]" campaigns of the 1950s, and again during the [[Cultural Revolution]], when he faced political difficulties due to having previously written confessions during imprisonments by the Kuomintang. Ultimately, he was rehabilitated shortly before his death in 1973. Today he is celebrated as one of Hainan's local heroes.{{Cite book |last=Murray |first=Jeremy A. |title=China’s Lonely Revolution: The Local Communist Movement of Hainan Island, 1926-1956. |date= |publisher=State University of New York Press. |year=2017 |isbn=978-1-4384-6532-6 |pages=57–74}}{{Cite book |last=Li |first=Fu Shun |title=Feng Baiju and his comrades |publisher=Chinese Communist Party History Publishing House |year=2016 |isbn=787509831748 |edition=Chinese |trans-title=Feng Baiju and his comrades}}

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