Xia Xi

Xia Xi (Chinese: 夏曦; pinyin: Xià Xī; 17 August 1901 - 28 February 1936), also known as Man Bo (蔓伯) and Lao Xia (劳侠), was an early leader of the Chinese Communist Party and a member of the 28 Bolsheviks.

Biography

Xia was born in Yiyang, Hunan Province. He studied at Yiyang Primary School, and met Mao Zedong in August 1917 when he enrolled into the Hunan First Normal University. During the May Fourth Movement in 1919, he participated in anti-Japanese boycotts and demonstrations. Xia was one of the first members of the CCP, joining the party in 1921. During the First United Front, Xia concurrently joined the Kuomintang and was involved in the organization of the Kuomintang Hunan provincial headquarters. In the 1926 he was appointed as an alternate member of the Central Executive Committee following the 2nd National Congress of Kuomintang. In the same year, Xia and others such as Guo Liang participated in the Northen Expedition as the Hunan provincial secretaries.

In May 1927, he was appointed as the Hunan Provincial Party Secretary and on 1 August participated in the Nanchang Uprising. Following which, Xia met Wang Ming and joined the 28 Bolsheviks during his further studies in the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University. In January 1931, he was elected to be an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.