Liu Hulan

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Liu Hulan (刘胡兰, 1932-1947) was a young female spy during the Chinese Civil War between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party and stood for Communist. She was born in Yunzhouxi village, in the Wenshui County of the Shanxi province. She joined the Communist Party in 1946 and proceeded to become the secretary of the All-China Women's Federation. She was actively involved in collecting support for the Communist Party of China from the villagers of Yunzhouxi.

In January 12, 1947, the Kuomintang government army surrounded her village because the village chief of Yunzhouxi, Shi Peihuai was assassinated. Some villager reported to the government that Liu Hulan and other Communists carried out the murder. The army gathered all of the villagers into the town hall. Liu Hulan rejected to surrender and then was decapitated along with another Communists involved. She died at the age of 15.

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