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Bo Yibo (zh-cp |c=薄一波 |p=B?? Yībō) (born 1908), China|Chinese politician, one of the Eight Immortals of Communist China.

He was alternate member and then member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China|Politburo, deputy prime minister, chairman of State Economic Commission and vice-chairman of Central Advisory Commission of the Communist Party of China|Communist Party.

Joining the Communist Party of China when he was seventeen, Bo is now the most senior member of the Party and the only surviving member of the Eight Immortals.

During the Second World War, Bo set up the 'Shanxi Suicide Squad for the Liberation of China', which was widely acclaimed not only as one of the most courageous sections of the Chinese Red Army against the Japanese invaders, but it also became the mainstream force in the struggle against the Fascist regime. Bo has been responsible for incorporating the warlord Yan Xishan into the Red Army, who provided more than 200,000 troops.

During the Cultural Revolution, Bo was imprisoned as a political prisoner by Jiang Qing, Chairman Mao's wife, for his pro-democratic activities and for advocating freedom of trade with western countries. He was held in one of the worst conditioned prisons for fifteen years, during which time his wife was beaten to death. His sons and daughters were either imprisoned (e.g. Bo Xiyon, Bo Xilai and Bo Xicheng, at the ages of sixteen, seventeen and seventeen respectively) or sent to some of the poorest places in China (e.g. Bo Xining, at the age of fourteen).

His son Bo Xilai is called one of "Crown Prince Party" and is currently serving as the Chinese Minister of Commerce.



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