Liang Huazhi

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Liang Huazhi (Chinese: pinyin: Liáng Huàzh¿; Wade-Giles: Liang Hua-chih) (1906, Dingxiang, Shanxi - April 24, 1949, Taiyuan, Shanxi) was a Kuomintang official who served in the warlord Yan Xishan's government. A relative of Yan, Liang rose rapidly through Shanxi's power structure, founding and leading a number of organizations dedicated to combating both internal and external threats to Yan's rule. At first radically socialist and later radically anti-communist, Liang's life illustrates the rapid and dramatic career changes that were not uncommon in the chaotic age in which he lived. Liang is best known for the way that he died, committing suicide in a spectacular fashion as a final act of defiance against Shanxi's Communist invaders.