Yang Baibing
Yang Baibing | |||||||
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杨白冰 | |||||||
Yang Baibing | |||||||
| Secretary-General of the Central Military Commission of the Chinese Communist Party | |||||||
| In office November 1989 – October 1992 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Yang Shangkun | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Position revoked | ||||||
| Director of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department | |||||||
| In office November 1987 – October 1992 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Yu Qiuli | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Yu Yongbo | ||||||
| Political Commissar of the Beijing Military Region | |||||||
| In office June 1985 – November 1987 | |||||||
| Preceded by | Fu Chongbi | ||||||
| Succeeded by | Liu Zhenhua | ||||||
| Personal details | |||||||
| Born | Yang Shangzheng 9 September 1920 | ||||||
| Died | 15 January 2013 (aged 92) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Relations | Yang Shangkun | ||||||
| Alma mater | Counter-Japanese Military and Political University | ||||||
| Military service | |||||||
| Allegiance | People's Republic of China | ||||||
| Branch/service | Eighth Route Army People's Liberation Army Ground Force | ||||||
| Years of service | 1938–1993 | ||||||
| Rank | General | ||||||
| Battles/wars | Second Sino-Japanese War Chinese Civil War | ||||||
| Awards | Order of Independence and Freedom (3rd Class; 1955) Order of Liberation (2nd Class; 1955) | ||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨白冰 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊白冰 | ||||||
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| Yang Shangzheng | |||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 杨尚正 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 楊尚正 | ||||||
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Yang Baibing (Chinese: 杨白冰; pinyin: Yáng Báibīng; 9 September 1920 – 15 January 2013) was a Chinese military officer. He was a senior general and political commissar in the Chinese People's Liberation Army and the younger half-brother of Yang Shangkun. Together, the two brothers effectively controlled the PLA from the early 1980s until the early 1990s.