Deng Tuo

Deng Tuo (邓拓) (1912–1966) was a Chinese poet, intellectual and journalist. He became a cadre of the Chinese communist party and served as editor-in-chief of the People's Daily from 1948–1958. He committed suicide in 1966, as the Cultural Revolution was beginning.

Bibliography

• Timothy Cheek: Propaganda and Culture in Mao's China: Deng Tuo and the Intelligentsia, Oxford University Press, 1998 ISBN 9780198290667
• Roderick MacFarquhar: The origins of the cultural revolution, Oxford University Press ISBN 0192149970

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Name	Deng Tuo
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Date of birth	1912
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Date of death	1966
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