Liu Zhijian

Liu Zhijian (Chinese: 刘志坚) (1912 – March 11, 2006) was a People's Liberation Army lieutenant general. He was born in Pingjiang County, Hunan Province. He joined the Communist Party of China in 1931. He was a member of the Eighth Route Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was captured in southern Hebei by Japanese forces, but later rescued. During the Chinese Civil War, he was active in the region of Shanxi, Hebei, Shandong and Henan Provinces. During the Cultural Revolution, he opposed Jiang Qing. He was later sent by Deng Xiaoping to Kunming for planning the Sino-Vietnamese War along with Yang Dezhi.

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