Veteran, reformist dies at 99
By Zhang Yi | China Daily | Updated: 2016-02-01 07:56
Yuan Geng, a prominent figure in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression (1937-45) and a pioneer of China's reform and opening-up, has died. He was 99.
Yuan was born Ouyang Rushan in Guangdong province's Bao'an county in April 1917 and joined the Communist Party of China at 21.
In 1939, he joined the Dongjiang Column of the Guangdong People's Anti-Japanese Aggression Guerrilla Force, which was led by the CPC in southern China.
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