Qian Ying

Qian Ying[a] (simplified Chinese: 钱瑛; traditional Chinese: 錢瑛, 14 May 1903 — 26 July 1973) was a Chinese politician who served as Minister of Supervision of the People's Republic of China from 1954 to 1959.

Life

Qian Ying was born in Qianjiang County, Hubei.[1] From 1923, she lived in Wuhan, where she studied at the Hubei Women's Normal School. She became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in 1927.[1] From September 1954 to April 1959, she was Minister of Supervision of the People's Republic of China.[2] In 1972, during the Cultural Revolution, she was refused medical treatment and died in 1973 from lung cancer. She was rehabilitated in 1978.[3]

She has been described as a "female Judge Bao" (女包公).[4][5]

Notes

  1. ^ In this Chinese name, the family name is Qian.

References

  1. ^ a b Lee 2016, p. 426.
  2. ^ Bartke 2012, p. 372.
  3. ^ Lee 2016, pp. 428–429.
  4. ^ Veg 2019, p. 111.
  5. ^ Xianan 2018.

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