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Which powerful positions did Liu Shaoqi receive in the Chinese Communist Party in 1943?

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In 1943, Liu Shaoqi was appointed to two highly influential positions within the Chinese Communist Party hierarchy:

  • Secretary of the Central Secretariat
  • Vice-chairman of the People’s Revolutionary Military Council

These appointments established him as one of the most powerful figures in the Chinese communist leadership at that time.1