Song Qiyun
Song Qiyun | |||||||||
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宋绮云 | |||||||||
| Born | 1904 | ||||||||
| Died | 6 September 1949 (aged 44–45) Chongqing, China | ||||||||
| Spouse | Xu Linxia | ||||||||
| Children | 7, including Song Zhenzhong | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 宋绮云 | ||||||||
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Song Qiyun (Chinese: 宋绮云; pinyin: Sòng Qǐyún; 1904 – 6 September 1949) was a Chinese journalist and member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Born in Pi County, Jiangsu, to a poor family, he attended the Sixth Normal School but left teaching in 1926 to join the military. As a member of the CCP, he infiltrated the police to gather information on the Kuomintang (KMT) before ultimately joining the 17th Route Army under Yang Hucheng. In this capacity, he served as the editor-in-chief of the Northwest Cultural Daily from 1930 to 1937. Detained by the KMT in 1941, he was imprisoned with his wife Xu Linxia and youngest son Song Zhenzhong, with whom he was executed in 1949.