“Wang Pickpocket—A Brief Biography of Guangmei”
Originally published: Hongdaihui Tsinghua University Jinggangshan Corps, February 1967, printed as “Pickpocket Biography (Who is Wang Guangmei?)”
What exactly is Wang Guangmei?
The infamous name “Wang Guangmei” is probably well known to everyone.
What role did she play on this stage of class struggle? Looking into her history: sometimes she appears as a modern woman from Hong Kong, sometimes as a clumsy clown in disguise, sometimes as a boastful talker, and now she has become a “news figure” ridiculed by others. It seems she has long been a revealed paper tiger, a caged ugly bird, scorned by crows. Is it really so?
Chairman Mao taught us: “Representatives of various exploitative classes, when they are in unfavorable situations, often adopt an offensive strategy to protect their current existence and facilitate future development… ‘breaking through some gaps,’ putting us in a difficult position… They have long-term experience in class struggle, and they will fight in various forms—legal and illegal. Our revolutionaries must understand their tactics, study their strategies, in order to defeat them. Do not be overly naive and see the complex class struggle too simply.”
Wang Guangmei is precisely a bourgeois element who infiltrated our Party.
Today, we will perform an analytical surgery, providing some fresh materials to “study their strategies.” If comrades read this article carefully along its line of thought, you will not only find a clear black line running through the entire career of this “First Lady,” but you may also discover something astonishing.
Wang’s Exploitative Family
Wang Guangmei was born into a feudal comprador exploitative family.
Her great-grandfather was a salt merchant, who laid the first foundation of the Wang family estate with the blood and sweat of the working people. Her parents were heavy smokers, reckless spenders, living extravagantly without restraint, but they did not forget the “ancestral teachings,” and in old age, invested in a shop in Tianjin as shareholders, becoming owners and leaving behind a considerable estate.
To ensure the continuation of the exploitative family tradition, Wang Guangmei’s father, Wang Huaiqing, was strictly educated by his parents to “study.” His father wanted him to study classical books and take the imperial exams to become an official; his mother wanted him to listen to storytelling to broaden his experience, then go into commerce. However, the “young master” was a failure, failing every exam.
Wang Huaiqing was not a “scholar” material, but he had a unique “Western talent,” relying on his family’s wealth to study abroad in Japan, graduating from a Japanese military university. From Japan, he learned a set of exploitative methods, imbued with a colonialist attitude, and became one of China’s earliest Jesus followers. During the warlord period in China, colonial capitalism had already begun to sprout. Wang Huaiqing, based on what he saw abroad, colluded with warlords, made a fortune from foreign trade, and his family wealth grew rapidly. He was known as one of the “Beijing-Tianjin tycoons,” along with gangsters like Xu Bing’s brother, Xing Zanting, forming a close alliance.
During the warlord chaos, Wang Huaiqing, relying on his “Western talent,” served as the director of the Agriculture and Commerce Department of a warlord, engaged in industry and commerce. Later, he served as acting foreign minister and participated in signing the “Eight-Nation Treaty” in New York.
Wang Huaiqing, with wealth and influence, exploited the laboring masses mercilessly, filling his own pockets. His reactionary comprador heart never died; after liberation, he still secretly kept a pistol among his books, only to be discovered after his death.
After his first wife died, he married Dong Jieru, a graduate of Tianjin Beiyang Women’s Normal School. Dong taught at Beijing Peihua Girls’ Middle School, but her exploitative nature remained unchanged. After liberation, she opened a black orphanage—Jieru Orphanage, serving as director, with her daughter Wang Zhong as deputy director, and Wang Huaiqing as chief advisor. This family orphanage, occupying 46 rooms, was one of Wang Huaiqing’s assets in Beijing.
Wang Huaiqing had six sons and five daughters (Gaoqi, Gaochao, Guale, Gaojie, Gaifu, Guangying, Guangmei, Guangzhong, Guangzheng, Guanghe, Guangping). Under his upbringing, all but one graduated from university, many studying abroad to gain experience.
Under influence from the underground Party, Wang Guangjie, Wang Guanghe, and Wang Guangping participated in revolutionary activities. Wang Guangfu was a member of the Kuomintang, served as a squadron leader in the bandit army’s air force, and was an instructor at the Air Force Academy, now faithfully serving Chiang’s clique in Taiwan.
Only Wang Guangying, after graduating from Fu Ren University, inherited her father’s business, collaborated with Japan, and set up a factory in Tianjin. After liberation, she continued to exploit workers’ blood and sweat, relying on Liu Shaoqi’s support.
Wang Guangmei, a socialite from Fu Ren University, was a VIP guest of the Kuomintang and the Sanqing Tuan, and had some contact with our underground Party. After entering the military intelligence department, her astonishingly smooth double-dealing skills and strong political ambitions allowed her to rise rapidly, becoming the “First Lady,” and from then on, she regarded herself as a “queen,” acting arrogantly.
The Wang family’s decadent bourgeois lifestyle is not worth describing in detail, to avoid polluting the reader’s ears and eyes.
The roots of the tree and the water source are deep; Wang Guangmei’s actions have profound class roots!
Scoundrels among the Youth
Chairman Mao said: “In a class society, everyone lives within a certain class position, and all kinds of thoughts bear the mark of class.”
As the daughter of the “Wang family” exploitative family, Wang Guangmei’s youth before liberation was truly filled with corruption and foulness, often called a scoundrel among the youth, a female gangster in society, which is indeed not an exaggeration.
(1) The “Socialite” at Fu Ren University
Wang Guangmei was born into a reactionary bureaucratic bourgeois family, immersed in bourgeois lifestyle from a young age, and as the eldest daughter of the Wang family, she was especially spoiled. Therefore, Wang Guangmei’s soul was dirty, and her life was corrupt, which is undoubtedly.
In her early days at Zhicheng Middle School controlled by the Blue Shirt Society of the Kuomintang, Wang was praised as the “school flower.”
In 1939, Wang entered the Physics Department of Fu Ren University (a church-controlled imperialist school), graduated in 1943, and became a graduate student. Until 1946, after the establishment of the “Beiping Military Negotiation Office,” Wang suddenly left school and was recruited as a “foreign employee” by the “Military Negotiation Department”.
During her time at Fu Ren, she dressed flamboyantly, was dazzlingly charming, and more like a female gangster than a “student.” Details can be imagined, and no need to elaborate here.
God was not kind; Wang Guangmei had single eyelids, which she thought prevented her from being crowned “Fu Ren school flower.” She went so far as to undergo surgery to double her eyelids, causing a sensation across the school, and probably leaving a lasting disgrace.
Wang returned home, happily riding her bicycle around when she was in a good mood, and took a coach to leave when she was unhappy. She looked down on ordinary students and was very good at climbing the social ladder, engaging with the school authorities—priests and nuns (mostly spies, spies, and hooligans)—and she was quite adept at socializing (the proper female students at the time would hide from priests). Wang was famous for her social skills, so although she was not beautiful enough to be “Fu Ren school flower,” she earned the nickname “Socialite.”
After Japan’s surrender, in late 1945, the Kuomintang took over and entered Beijing, followed by the U.S. Marine Corps. It was revealed that at that time, Wang closely associated with Kuomintang officers, often appeared at dance halls; American officers also selected wealthy, handsome, Western-literate, and sociable female students from Fu Ren, Yenching, and other universities to dance and mingle, even riding jeeps around. People scorned these shameless female students as “Jeep Girls.” As a woman who could mix with American officers, it is best to let Wang herself confess her shame.
(2) Pretending to be Revolutionary, Truly Supporting Chiang and Mei
Wang Guangmei, this “socialite” from Fu Ren University, was noticed in 1944 by Cui Yuli (former vice-mayor of Beijing, a gangster), who was working on student movements for Peng Zhen. On the surface, she began to approach the Communist Party, but in fact, she did no work. Her bourgeois nature remained unchanged, and her political and ideological stance was necessarily reactionary.
During her student days, Wang was indifferent and apathetic toward student movements. Under the “National Salvation through Industry” ideology, she focused on her studies.
After Japan’s surrender, when Kuomintang planes arrived in Beijing, Wang’s family was delighted that the National Army would take over. Wang Guangmei, who had “contact” with the Communists, was also excited and personally participated in the welcoming parade (at that time, those with contact with the Communist Party did not participate).
During this period, Wang closely interacted with American officers and Kuomintang generals, even recognizing Chiang’s air force chief and war criminal Wang Shuming as her “godfather” (Wang Shuming was vice commander of Chiang’s air force from 1946 to 1949, commander from 1952, chief of staff from 1953 to 1959, and in 1964, chief representative of Chiang’s UN military delegation; now faithfully serving Chiang in Taiwan).
Wang Guangmei, this rare “flower,” was also recruited by the Kuomintang and the Sanqing Tuan during this period.
Wang Guangmei, in order to争取 a “bright” future, found a husband with a high official salary to realize her personal ambitions, and was eager to study in the United States to improve her status and increase her political capital. Until 1946, she was actively learning English every week with a foreign woman in preparation for studying in America.
From these small facts, it is not difficult to see that Wang Guangmei’s pro-Communist stance is fake, her admiration for America and support for Chiang Kai-shek are genuine, and her bourgeois reactionary nature is fully exposed.
With Malicious Intent, Infiltrating the Revolutionary Team
Wang Guangmei, a bourgeois臭小姐, a social scum, fundamentally a pro-American, anti-Communist, and pro-Guomindang figure, how did she manage to infiltrate the revolutionary ranks and suddenly become Liu Shaoqi’s wife?
In 1943, gangster leader Peng Zhen (then Secretary of the Northern Bureau) appointed Cui Yuli (former Vice Mayor of Beijing, gangster) to Beijing to carry out student movement work under Liu Ren.
In 1944, Cui Yuli, through Wang Guangjie’s wife (a traitor’s daughter), became interested in Wang Guangmei and established contact. From then on, Wang Guangmei was considered to have contact with underground organizations. However, Wang was busy in school and society, demonstrating her “socialite” skills, engaging in activities to support pro-Guangming and anti-Communist efforts.
In early 1946, shortly after the establishment of the “Beiping Military Negotiation Office,” which was used by Ren Bin (former Deputy Minister of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, gangster) to falsely claim the lack of English translation, Cui Yuli was suddenly instructed to bring Wang Guangmei into the “Military Negotiation Office” as a foreign employee, which surprised many at the time.
At the Military Negotiation Office, Wang’s nature did not change. Her hair was still styled like “aircraft,” dressed like “A Fei,” wearing whatever was brightest and most eye-catching. Her demeanor led people to believe she was a staff member of the American or Chiang faction within the office.
Wang used her “socialite” tactics there, adept at ingratiating herself with upper-level figures, flattering leaders, and avoiding ordinary cadres. She also mingled closely with American and Chiang military officers. While our staff had to be cautious of bandits and spies when outside, Wang Guangmei could walk freely.
By late 1946, our staff at the Military Negotiation Office gradually withdrew to Yan’an. For safety and to be responsible to comrades, the leadership mobilized our hired staff to go to Yan’an. Wang Guangmei hesitated between the US and Yan’an but ultimately followed to Yan’an. Given her background and family environment, she had no revolutionary ideological foundation or danger from Nationalist persecution; instead, her deep-seated admiration for America and support for Chiang and anti-Communism allowed her to switch allegiance to Yan’an. There is a mystery here.
It is said that Liu Shaoqi had visited the “Military Negotiation Office” in 1946, introduced by XXX, and met Wang Guangmei, falling in love at first sight. Wang Guangmei naturally suited his taste. Although they did not explicitly agree in person, it set the stage for her future infiltration into the Party and becoming a high-ranking official’s wife, fulfilling her ambitious dreams. Perhaps this is why Wang Guangmei ultimately chose to go to Yan’an.
After arriving in Yan’an, Wang Guangmei was assigned to work in the Central Foreign Affairs Group. She was taken by XXX to Liu Shaoqi’s residence for a private talk. One of the leaders of the foreign affairs team was Yang Shangkun, who worked hard to connect her with Liu. Therefore, Wang Guangmei was not content with her work in the foreign affairs group. Instead, she sought to establish a relationship with Liu, often visiting Liu’s home before their marriage, developing feelings with Liu’s two children from his previous marriage (Liu Tao and Liu Yunzhen), even making shoes for them and shamelessly asking Liu Tao and others to call her “Mom” (at that time, Wang was not yet a Party member).
In August 1947, the Party Central Committee retreated from Yan’an, and the foreign affairs group moved to Jin Sui area. Wang Guangmei, as a new cadre, was decided to be sent to the countryside for land reform for a few months. During her rural stay, she still dressed beautifully, wearing red shoes, which had a very bad influence among the masses.
In March 1948, the Central Foreign Affairs Group moved from Jin Sui to Ping Shan in Jin-Cha-Ji, the temporary headquarters of the Central Committee. Liu was also in Ping Shan at that time. Since Wang was still doing land reform and had not returned, Liu decided to marry another woman, Wang Jian. Coincidentally, Wang Guangmei returned from the countryside just in time for Liu Shaoqi’s wedding. She pretended to participate in the wedding to “congratulate” him. Strangely, Liu and Wang Jian divorced less than three months after their marriage, and then Liu closely associated with Wang Guangmei.
At that time, Wang Guangmei was not yet a Party member. To expedite her marriage with Liu, Yang Shangkun, XXX, XXX, Xu Bing, and other leaders of the foreign affairs group actively promoted her joining the Party. Although some Party members opposed her joining due to her family background and personal history, they tried to persuade her, claiming her “revolutionary consciousness” was sufficient. Under this pressure, the Party branch formally approved her membership, but the procedures were incomplete, and the introducer Xu Bing was not present. Later, Xu Bing proudly said, “If I and XXX hadn’t introduced her, she wouldn’t have joined the Party.” It is no wonder that even today, Guangmei still remembers her “Third Uncle,” often giving him wine and thanking him for past favors. Liu Shaoqi also highly trusted Xu Bing and regarded him as a trusted subordinate.
Shortly after joining the Party, Wang Guangmei married Liu Shaoqi, introduced by An Ziwen and others. Liu proudly said, “I married a university student, majoring in atomic physics.”
Wang Guangmei’s journey from joining the military negotiation department to Yan’an, then joining the Party, and marrying Liu Shaoqi reveals a highly subtle relationship, especially involving some matchmakers, which is thought-provoking. In just two years, the seemingly incompatible Liu and Wang, both of the same root, were paired together, and Wang Guangmei ascended onto the political stage. Mysterious! Mysterious!
One person gains power, the whole family rises
Wang Guangmei, having allied with Liu Shaoqi, saw her entire family rise rapidly—“one person gains power, the whole family ascends to heaven.” Don’t believe it? Look at the following facts:
Wang Huaiqing, a wealthy and bureaucratic capitalist from Beijing-Tianjin, after liberation, claimed to be a “national language” expert. At the time of liberation, Wang often said, “Ask Old Ye to handle something for me.” (Ye Jianying was then the director of the Beijing Military Control Committee). Wang Huaiqing, with a treacherous heart, secretly kept a pistol until his death. Such a person was placed in the Central Government Affairs Office’s Literature and History Museum after liberation.
Wang Guangmei’s mother, Dong Jie, opened a private nursery after liberation, profiting from it. Thanks to Liu’s connections, this boss’s wife became a member of the Beijing Municipal CPPCC. After Wang Huaiqing’s death, Liu Shaoqi even took her into Zhongnanhai, praising her “good parenting” (indeed! She raised Wang Guangmei, a “phoenix girl”) to retire there.
Wang Guangmei’s siblings all held important positions, from ministers to party committee secretaries. Even Wang Guangying, a capitalist, rose rapidly.
Let’s look at Wang Guangying:
Wang Guangying, the youngest son of Wang Huaiqing, graduated from Renda University, married Ying Yili, the daughter of a major capitalist, and made a fortune through the dowry. In 1945, he co-founded a chemical factory in Tianjin with a classmate from Renda, producing condoms for Japanese invaders to abuse Chinese women. After Japan’s surrender, Wang used military connections to become a Nationalist official, making a fortune from the national crisis.
After liberation, Wang Guangying established a “Modern Chemical Factory,” producing nitrated cotton. He exploited workers relentlessly, expanding from a few workers to a large factory with hundreds. To maximize profits, he disregarded workers’ safety, leading to an explosion in November 1954 that killed seven, injured eight, and caused numerous minor injuries. The scene was horrific, and even the prosecutor couldn’t help but shed tears. Yet, because Wang Guangying was the factory director and Liu Shaoqi issued orders, the Tianjin Party Committee delayed action. Workers, unable to bear it, petitioned Beijing.
The case was handed to Peng Zhen, who said, “You people are really stupid to report to him.” The case was suppressed. Half a year later, Wang Guangying wrote some self-criticisms, and the matter was dropped.
Politically, Wang Guangying also rose rapidly, considered “the imperial uncle,” with “connections everywhere.” Ordinary Party members did not matter to him; he directly contacted Tianjin Party Secretary or United Front Minister. In the Federation of Industry and Commerce and the Democratic League, Wang was the “boss,” often demanding positions and even trying to insert his wife as deputy director of the Federation of Industry and Commerce’s organization department to exclude others. During a national federation meeting, he caused a scene over the secretary-general position. Why does Wang Guangying dare to act so arrogantly without regard for the Party?
In order to get gilded, Wang Guangying once participated in seven months of forced labor. When going to the countryside, while others participated in labor, Wang would go fishing and relax, plus the Political Consultative Conference and the Federation of Industry and Commerce often summoned Wang back for meetings, so in reality, he only participated in labor for two or three months at most. In this way, Liu Shaoqi even sent people to visit him, fearing that hardship would ruin his big brother-in-law. This time, Wang gained a large amount of political capital, boasting and propaganda everywhere, showing an almost invincible attitude.
Liu Shaoqi visited Tianjin five times successively, mostly accompanied by Wang Guangmei. Every time Liu went to Tianjin or Wang Guangying came to Beijing for meetings, Liu would talk with Wang. After each return, Wang would spread the news that “Comrade Shaoqi and I discussed this and that,” to elevate his own status.
Liu Shaoqi even told Wang Guangying face-to-face that he wanted to bring him into the Party as a model for the business community, but the United Front Work Department believed capitalists could not join the Party, so he was not accepted. Afterwards, Wang complained loudly: “Joining the Party is harder than threading a needle with an elephant’s trunk!” This forced the municipal party secretaries to do work in a half-hearted manner.
With Liu Shaoqi’s influence, Wang Guangying also traveled abroad three times and even attended the highest state meetings, openly calling himself a “Red Capitalist” both domestically and internationally, spreading various fallacies.
Wang Guangying, a hypocrite who is two-faced, pretends to be progressive on the surface but is actually greedy for profit. In 1954, after receiving internal news, he quickly applied for joint public-private ventures, two years earlier than most, thus putting on a “leftist” cloak. In 1958, Wang once proposed to hand over the fixed interest to the government, pretending to be progressive. But a few months later, he used the excuse of supporting his mother in Zhongnanhai (was Liu Shaoqi unable to feed her?) to continue collecting fixed interest. The annual fixed interest reached more than 5,000 yuan, living a decadent and luxurious life.
From these brief aspects, it is not difficult to see: under the dominance of revisionism, whose world is it really?
From Vampire of the Past to Today’s “Wang Shirren”
After liberation, in Beijing, on the old Xingzhengbu Street (today’s Minzu Hotel area), there was a large courtyard with forty-six rooms (divided into several courtyards), which was Wang Guangmei’s home. The bright red lacquered gate separated it from the outside world into two worlds. Inside, there were the master’s, wife’s bedrooms, young lady’s boudoir, young master’s study, spacious and bright, and also a nursery.
This nursery was privately run by Wang Huaiqing’s family, established in 1949. The vampire Wang Huaiqing was the full authority advisor, Dong Jieru served as the director, and his daughter Wang Guangzhong was appointed deputy director, named after Dong Jieru, called “Jieru Nursery”.
Inside, besides Liu’s and Wang’s grandchildren, there were children from high-ranking families connected to Wang’s family. The number of children could reach over forty, with more than twenty nannies employed. They were called “nannies” in name but used as servants, so Wang’s family didn’t have to pay.
The nursery’s high nutritional standards and equipment were all brand new. Children were numbered; Liu’s and Wang’s grandchildren naturally ranked first, with Wang Guangmei’s child as number one, Wang Guangzhong’s as number two… to show the differences. Each child paid 37.10 yuan per month. Children of ordinary workers and peasants could not get in.
Nannies were graded, assigned to classes (to watch children) and chores. To hire a nanny, a three-month trial was required. Those deemed satisfactory stayed, while those not suitable were dismissed. This cycle repeated every three months, using cheap labor. Those dismissed after three months were not even given travel expenses. A rural girl named Zhang Guilan was tried for three months, but she fell ill from exhaustion and was dismissed. She had no money for treatment or to go home. Later, other nannies helped with some travel expenses, and she returned home severely ill, dying shortly after. See! This is proof that Wang’s family only cares about their own wealth, ignoring the lives and deaths of others! How many others have suffered the same fate as Zhang Guilan!
Nannies had to behave properly upon entering Wang’s house, obeying orders without disobedience. Inside, they worked all day, unaware of outside affairs or national issues, because they never had holidays—claimed to rest every nine days but never actually did. If they needed to take leave, they had to ask Dong Po, often scorned. Many came from rural areas, unable to return home for years.
Most of these girls were around thirteen or fourteen years old. Older girls were not allowed to marry; otherwise, they would be dismissed and encouraged to create trouble with their suitors, so some women dared not marry when they grew older.
Inside, young girls did adult work—early mornings, late nights, rain or shine, eating hurriedly. They washed, cleaned, fed, and cleaned up after the animals. Fetching water required carrying two buckets, which over time caused chronic illnesses, with some even breaking their arms but never daring to complain. Because there was no welfare, minor illnesses were paid out-of-pocket, and serious illnesses meant dismissal.
In the scorching summer, they sweated profusely, soaked through; in the freezing winter, their hands swelled and feet cracked, sometimes freezing to the steel wires hanging laundry, leaving scars. Yet capitalists remained unsatisfied. Dong Jieru constantly scolded and sneered, threatening to fire. Vampire Wang Huaiqing also wielded the “civilized” stick daily, poking it at the noses of nannies when displeased, eager to strike them down. Even when he suffered from hypertension and couldn’t speak, he still managed affairs, checked accounts, strictly enforced house rules, and remained greedy and lawless.
Nannies earned very little. In the early years after liberation, they received 100 jin of millet per month, with 90 jin deducted for food, leaving only 10 jin—insufficient even for socks. By 1956, their monthly salary was 18 yuan, with over 10 yuan for food, leaving 7-8 yuan—yet Dong Jieru still schemed to buy nice clothes, as the nursery often had visitors, and they couldn’t dress too shabbily.
Wang’s family lived decadently, needless to say. On birthdays and family gatherings, relatives and friends gathered, Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei arrived smiling, surrounded by people, lively and bustling. At family banquets, delicious food, fine wines, and rare fruits were everywhere. Dong Jieru, who constantly nagged about the nursery losing money, also “added meals” to buy the hearts of the workers.
After the banquet, in leisure moments, Wang Guangmei, glowing with happiness, would come to the nannies, shake hands repeatedly, and exchange pleasantries. Sometimes Liu Shaoqi would also appear. Under this display, “State Duke and State Duchess” became even more majestic and invincible. Dong Jieru, who violated her own family rules, was accused of hostility when she gave suggestions, and was called out for disobedience. Even Wang’s husband, relying on flattery of relatives of the imperial family, acted like a rogue in the nursery.
Thus, some nannies spent nearly ten years in this “Wang Shirren” household, enduring countless insults, leaving unforgettable scars, never daring to cry out, only swallowing their bitter tears. Remember, these are relatives of the imperial family!
Such a house was highly regarded by old Beijing’s Peng Zhen and others, repeatedly praised and awarded flags. Wang’s family always consulted Peng Zhen and Liu Reng. Because of this, this private estate persisted until 1958 when it was handed over to the state, legalizing the exploitation and oppression of the nannies.
This is a thoroughly black nursery! It’s a reappearance of Huang Shiren’s house!
Erecting a monument to mourn, bourgeois filial sons and virtuous grandchildren
Wang Guangmei was a thorough bourgeois element. During the early stages of the Liberation War, she infiltrated our revolutionary ranks and was recruited into the Party. Does this mean she changed her bourgeois nature? No! She merely put on the “Communist” mask to cover her bourgeois face, further spreading her corruption and committing evil deeds.
After Beijing’s liberation, relying on Liu Shaoqi’s influence, her father, a high-ranking Kuomintang official, bureaucratic capitalist, and vampire Wang Huaiqing, was appointed as a curator at the Literature and History Museum, receiving high official salaries, and her mother and siblings also received official titles and benefits. This group, which had previously sucked workers’ blood and sweat, now under the imperial relatives’ umbrella, arrogantly and tyrannically, living a life of luxury surpassing their past.
Wang Guangmei worked at the Central Office, yet she was reluctant to part with the “Wang Family Courtyard.” As soon as she entered the mansion, the “big young lady” and “big aunt” voices sounded pleasant. Wealthy and noble, they held frequent gatherings, especially lively on the birthdays of old ghosts, with Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei sure to attend, taking family photos, joyful and harmonious.
In 1955, Wang Huaiqing, this vampire, died. Liu Shaoqi and Wang Guangmei were heartbroken and grief-stricken. That night, Wang Guangmei and Liu Shaoqi kept vigil, comforting the witch and handling the funeral affairs, busy and happy. Wang Guangmei sent flower wreaths, and each of her children was to offer one as respect to their grandfather. Liu Shaoqi, a revisionist leader, was not to be outdone, sending a large, high-quality wreath, inscribed shamelessly:
“Deep mourning for Comrade Wang Huaiqing, eternal. — Liu Shaoqi”
What a load of crap! A “Communist” wishing the capitalist “eternal”!
Actually, it’s no surprise, as Liu Shaoqi was originally a landlord’s filial son, not a Communist at all.
Wang Guangmei and her ilk still remember the legacy of their evil father, refusing cremation, burying him in a high-quality coffin at Wan’an Cemetery next to Martyr Li Dazhao’s tomb. Moreover, they wanted to engrave the vampire’s virtues on the monument, making it immortal, carving the dog’s name on the stone tablet. They erected a new monument to record old debts.
Wang Guangmei never expected that her father’s name would rot even earlier than his corpse, and revolutionary young soldiers smashed his epitaph into pieces. This truly is a knife to the loyal daughter’s heart.Wang Guangmei still feared that her妖母 (demon mother) would be孤独 (lonely), and she was not properly worshipped, so in 1959 she was specially brought to Zhongnanhai. Even when she was ‘蹲点’ (stationed) in Taoyuan, she also constantly thought of her母董氏 (Mother Dong) from her本家 (ancestral home), using the pseudonym ‘Dong Fu’.
Wang Guangmei, what an资产阶级 (bourgeois) filial daughter and virtuous granddaughter!
Queen’s arrogance and ugliness reveal her丑灵魂 (ugly soul) without reservation
Just like wearing a beautiful旗袍 (cheongsam), the外衣 (outer garment) of the “Great Nation’s First Lady” quietly covered up the深处 (deep inside) of Wang Guangmei’s ugly things, but——ugly is still ugly. Whether sometimes showing a ‘泼妇’ (shrew) attitude or a clownish appearance, it is all useless.
Looking through Wang Guangmei’s history, it is like a高级望远镜 (high-powered telescope): from “一枝花” (a flower) and “交际花” (socialite) to “吉普女郎” (Jeep girl), from missionary and priest to senior Kuomintang officer and even American officer; from舞场 (dance hall) to ambition… everything is there, a thoroughly ugly history.
Fifteen years later, Wang Guangmei appeared on the historical stage and became China’s first “出国夫人” (foreign wife), showcasing her “交际花” (socialite) skills in international politics!
Wang Guangmei is not simple!
(1) Wang Guangmei’s ambitiousness
During her student days, Wang Guangmei had some “industrial救国” (saving the country through industry) ideas, and she chose the尖端课程 (cutting-edge course) of atomic physics. Wang Guangmei is a人物 (figure) who exclusively follows the “upper class route”. She arranged for herself two completely opposite paths: the Communist Party to pull her in, and the Kuomintang to hook her. She was longing for America, yet also wanted to go to Yan’an. It wasn’t until 1948, when she married Liu, that she stopped wavering.
During her time at the military调处 (dispute resolution office), a general pursued her, but she did not pay attention to him.
Under the big umbrella of Liu Shaoqi, Wang Guangmei was even more lawless.
During difficult times, Liu Shaoqi took Wang Guangmei to review at Tiananmen. Wang Guangmei was insignificant!
Abroad, when meeting guests with Liu Shaoqi, she would插话 (interrupt),抢话 (抢话), and speak官话 (official language) for Liu Shaoqi, showing off her威风 (prestige). Some activities she was not allowed to attend, but she insisted on squeezing in. In 1965, when she went abroad, a代表 (delegate) from Kashmir came to see Liu (who had no female guests), and after returning from outside activities, Wang insisted on squeezing in, gesturing and talking, showing off her status.
In Pakistan, she went to××墓 (the tomb of a former head of state) to lay wreaths. According to Islamic customs, women are not allowed to go, but she insisted on going, arguing that Chinese women are equal (after repeated persuasion, she finally did not go).
On every occasion abroad, she would speak, sometimes making foreign women feel embarrassed, and could only say “thank you.” After speaking, Wang insisted that reporters release the news; if they didn’t, she would complain loudly.
In 1966, during her visit to Afghanistan, passing through Hotan in Xinjiang, local people warmly welcomed Liu Shaoqi to visit factories. Liu did not go, so Wang Guangmei went as a representative. Taking this rare opportunity, Wang displayed a leadership attitude, nodded frequently, shook hands repeatedly, to show her nobility.
In 1962, when Hatini visited, she wanted her副官 (adjutant) to pass her a speech稿 (manuscript). Wang Guangmei admired this bourgeois派头 (style) very much and also asked the礼宾司 (protocol department) to send her a manuscript. The protocol department refused.
In 1966, Wang Guangmei was asked to accompany a foreign女性代表团 (women’s delegation) to the south. She said Shaoqi never accompanies foreign guests (to show her nobility), so she only visited Shanghai and Wuhan, and others visited the rest.
Under Liu Shaoqi’s incitement to shelter her, Wang Guangmei worked hard to climb onto the political舞台 (stage), full of野心 (ambition).
(2) Twenty years later, the “高级交际花” (senior socialite)
In 1963, during her visit abroad, Wang Guangmei traveled alone by special plane to Shanghai to make clothes, with two art personnel specially assigned.
The草帽 (straw hat) she wore on her head during her trip was also specially made, woven with extremely fine grass. Many items, such as transparent long glass丝袜 (stockings), were bought from the capitalist market in Hong Kong with foreign exchange. As the “Great Nation’s First Lady,” Wang Guangmei was so infatuated with capitalist luxury goods that in 1966, during her visit, she even proposed to go to Hong Kong to buy things.
In 1966, during her visit, this高级交际花 changed several outfits, leather shoes, handbags, and even watch straps to match her clothes. A day of dressing up took half a day, often with the entire delegation waiting for the “noble lady” to appear, walking slowly.
During her trips, she was busy with her生活 (life) to the extent of four people, often dissatisfied with her status. She carried the most箱子 (suitcases) from her residence, yet she still wanted to compare herself with××××夫人 (Mrs. X), filling her suitcases with sponge to pretend they were full. Truly, there are shameful things in this world!
In foreign countries, she kept jewelry given by others, not handling it at first, but wore it immediately, claiming it was for work, but actually wanting to keep it for herself. Back in China, she refused to return it and even quarreled over it. In 1963,××× gave her a pair of金镯子 (gold bangles), but when she returned, she checked and said she received the wrong item.
This former “Jeep girl” from twenty years ago re-enacted her scene in Indonesia, lighting cigarettes for Sukarno, hooking arms, dancing, kissing, competing in the bourgeois social scene, with beautiful necklaces, bringing shame to China, yet she still smugly and shamelessly.
In family education, she used bourgeois hypocritical tricks, buying off Liu Tao and Liu Yunzhen, who were not her biological children. They had to talk to her about their inner thoughts; otherwise, she would cry and whimper, whining about how she cared and loved them when they were young, establishing her absolute威信 (prestige) in the family. During the Cultural Revolution, she used this trick to safeguard Liu Shaoqi’s bourgeois反动路线 (reactionary路线).
In political activities, her扒手 (pickpocket) skills are even more impressive.
Wang Guangmei’s “三同” (Three-Communes) at Tsinghua are well known. She once ate half a馒头 (steamed bun) in front of over a thousand students, earning the reputation of “同吃” (eating together). The seven, eight, and nine dining halls each sold a meal, which became famous nationwide. This was her ultimate trick.
Don’t think her face always wears a smile; that is a genuine smile hiding a刀 (knife). During the Four Cleanups, once Wang Guangmei wanted to intercept a car because it was overloaded. The driver refused, and Wang angrily called the county committee, leading to the driver being dismissed. “The首领夫人” (First Lady) is so毒 (poisonous)!
Wang Guangmei has never had the气味 (smell) of a Communist!
Wang Guangmei’s soul has always been that of a thorough bourgeois!
Wang Guangmei is a毒蛇 (poisonous snake) disguised as a美女 (beauty)!
Liu Deng路线 (Liu-Deng路线) the vanguard
The struggle between two路线 (routes) within the Party reflects the阶级斗争 (class struggle) in society. The社会基础 (social foundation) of the bourgeois reactionary路线 (route) mainly consists of the bourgeoisie. It has a certain市场 (market) within the Party because there are a few ruling派 (factions) that follow the capitalist道路 (road), and also a considerable number of people with未改造好 (not properly transformed) worldviews. A small number of stubborn adherents to the bourgeois reactionary路线 (route) will inevitably, through various channels, bring the struggle between the two路线 (routes) in the Party to society, intertwining with阶级斗争 (class struggle). This is the规律 (law) of阶级斗争 (class struggle). Wang Guangmei cannot escape this规律 (law).
Wang Guangmei, as an agent of bourgeoisie within the Party, although she dresses up gorgeously and is妖艳 (seductive), that is not her目的 (purpose). According to her own words, she “决不愿做一个花瓶” (does not want to be a vase), these are merely means to serve her政治 (political)目的 (purpose).
Historical facts are the best证据 (evidence):
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In 1949, Wang Guangmei抵抗 (resisted) the干部忠诚运动 (cadre loyalty movement) and secretly formed an攻守同盟 (alliance of attack and defense) with 崔毓黎 (Cui Yuli) and others.
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Wang Guangmei, together with Liu Shaoqi, used her exploitative nature and the example of her dog弟 (younger brother) “红色资本家” (red capitalist) Wang Guangying to sell the theory of阶级消灭 (elimination of classes) and the本性 (nature) of the bourgeoisie, preparing for资本主义 (capitalist)复辟 (restoration).
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Especially in recent years, Wang Guangmei, thinking the time was right, has been招摇撞骗 (boasting and cheating), raising banners, becoming the急先锋 (vanguard) of implementing Liu Shaoqi’s bourgeois reactionary路线 (route).
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It is she who, for the first time in Chinese history, raised the破旗 (banner) of “First Lady,” flattering capitalist countries and using capitalist methods to改造 (transform) China’s外交政策 (diplomatic policy).
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It is she who, in 1963, “身先士卒” (set an example) by stationing herself in Taoyuan, standing on the立场 (standpoint) of landlords, attacking贫下中农 (poor and middle peasants), protecting the当权派 (ruling faction) following the capitalist道路 (road), and selling the “桃园经验” (Taoyuan experience), spreading Liu Shaoqi’s so-called “左” (left) and “实右” (right) falsehoods, poisoning the whole country, and attempting to lead the社会主义教育运动 (socialist education movement) astray.
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During the Cultural Revolution, she extended her黑手 (claw) into Tsinghua, becoming the first major扒手 (pickpocket) there.
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She created the so-called “电话事件” (telephone incident), secretly策划 (planned) the “六·二四” (June 24) crackdown on revolutionary teachers and students, and triggered the nationwide “反蒯斗争” (anti-Kuai struggle).
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She, together with the “三反” (Three-anti) element薄一波 (Bo Yibo), directly导演 (directed) a 28-day large-scale群众斗群众 (mass struggle against masses), branding hundreds of revolutionary teachers and students led by 蒯大富 (Kua Dafu) as “反革命” (counter-revolutionaries), implementing a rare nationwide白色恐怖 (white terror).
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Just days after Chairman Mao decided to撤销 (revoke) the work team, she broke out, appeared on stage, and loudly opposed the Central Committee and Chairman Mao, attempting to set the tone for the work team and rescue the failing Liu-Deng路线 (route), using every means to抵制 (resist) criticism of the wrong路线 (route) of the work team.
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This is Wang Guangmei. Just as the minority revolutionaries were trying to clear the revolutionary rebellious spirit of Tsinghua, she actively supported and incited the couplet “Old son hero, son is a good man; Old son reactionary, son is a bastard,” attempting to use reactionary blood theory to maintain her ruling position, once again suppressing the revolutionary rebellious spirit.
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This is Wang Guangmei. She designated the temporary preparatory committee and colluded with Wang Renmin to create the “Tsinghua University Red Guards,” continuing to implement the Wang Guangmei line without her, ruthlessly suppressing and attacking the revolutionary minority, and creating notorious events like “August 18” and “August 24” to suppress revolutionary masses, setting heavy obstacles for criticizing Liu and Deng’s line.
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This is Wang Guangmei. After the expansion of the central work conference, although history has declared the bankruptcy of Liu and Deng’s bourgeois reactionary line, she and Liu Shaoqi still stubbornly resisted and refused to apologize and surrender to Chairman Mao. On January 6, 1967, at the meeting when she was brought back to Tsinghua for inspection, she dared to openly praise Liu Shaoqi, brazenly oppose Chairman Mao, oppose the Central Committee headed by Chairman Mao, and oppose the proletarian revolutionary line represented by Chairman Mao.
In short, Wang Guangmei stubbornly stood on the bourgeois reactionary position, eager to kill the revolutionary masses, and paved the way for Liu and Deng’s bourgeois reactionary line.
Wang Guangmei is truly the vanguard of Liu and Deng’s reactionary line!
Black Lines
After reading the above articles, it is not difficult to see: Wang Guangmei is a thorough bourgeois element, a snake disguised as a beauty, and China’s number one sugar-coated cannon.
But have you ever thought about why, in less than two years, she went from a Furen “socialite” to Liu’s wife?
Chairman Mao said: “The affairs of the world are complex, determined by various factors. When looking at problems, one must consider all aspects, not just one side.”
Following the chairman’s teaching, based on existing materials and clues, we trace the clues and raise several questions to stimulate comrades’ thinking, asking more “why” questions:
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Why did Cui Yuli, dispatched by Peng Zhen, go to Beijing to carry out student movement work under Liu Rensheng and quickly see Wang Guangmei, placing her in the “Military Adjustment Department” as a Quangfang employee?
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For Wang Guangmei, who is inherently pro-American, anti-Communist, and a disgrace among the youth, why did Yang Shangkun, Xu Bing, An Ziwen and others enthusiastically bridge and connect her, allowing her to join the party in a very short time and marry Liu Shaoqi?
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Peng Zhen and Zhang Jiexing undoubtedly knew everything about Wang Guangmei and her family and maintained close contacts. But why did Zhang Jiexing specifically find Cui Yuli in 1953 to understand Wang Guangmei’s situation alone and pretended to say, “Comrade Liu Shaoqi married such a person?” and also instructed Cui, “Don’t tell others, I want to understand her family background.” What are they up to?
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During the 1954 cadre “Loyalty Movement,” Wang Guangmei, as the “First Lady,” took Liu Shaoqi’s car to Cui Yuli’s house for a secret talk for over an hour, and she told Cui, “You also understand my situation!” What unspeakable deeds are involved?
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Regarding Xu Bing, who played a role in bridging, Wang Guangmei still thanks and rewards him with famous wine. Liu Shaoqi also unusually promoted this alternate member of the Central Committee, Xu Bing, and personally allowed him to participate in the expanded Politburo meeting on June 4, 1966, jointly formulating the bourgeois reactionary line to suppress the proletarian Cultural Revolution. Is it just because they had a personal relationship? Or are there more important political motives?
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When Wang Guangmei was sent to the south to visit the foreign women’s delegation in 1966, she claimed to maintain the dignity of a “big country lady” and insisted only to visit half of the places, leaving Guangzhou and Hangzhou with Luo Ruiqing’s wife, Hao Yuping. Why?
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After liberation, Wang Guangmei, with her capitalist parents, dressed neatly, took family photos, and claimed to send them to her brother still acting as Chiang’s henchman in Taiwan. After Li Zongren’s wife Guo Dejie died in 1966, Wang specially sent flowers in her name, claiming they had a past private relationship (her second brother was said to have been Li Zongren’s steward). Moreover, has Wang Guangmei forgotten her close “godfather” Wang Shuming, who still holds a high position in Taiwan? Think further, in her heart, does the American and Chiang Kai-shek’s Kuomintang she once admired and loyally served still occupy a proper place?
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When Wang Guangmei’s “Taoyuan experience” was just introduced in 1964, gangster Peng Zhen immediately pushed for testing in Tong County. Why such close cooperation and coordinated actions?
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Wang Guangmei has various family rules, one of which is never letting others stay at Liu’s house or visit; her children are not allowed to stay overnight at others’ homes; her guests are never allowed to have her children nearby. Why?
Who exactly is Wang Guangmei? It is worth pondering! Ponder!
Conclusion
Since Wang Guangmei entered Furen University over twenty-seven years ago, and since she officially ascended to the “First Lady” throne in the party, it has been more than eighteen years.
Overall, the impression most people get is that Wang Guangmei is a clever, skillful, and morally corrupt “socialite,” smelling terrible. But that is not entirely true. Wang Guangmei is not simple.
Wang Guangmei is a politically ambitious “First Lady,” with a tangled web of past and present contacts and connections inside and outside the country, with clues that are dazzling and chilling upon close examination. This is a complex picture of class struggle! Do not be overly naive.
The article is over. Our understanding of what kind of person Wang Guangmei is is not only because of her subtlety but also to help thoroughly destroy the black command center led by Liu Shaoqi, playing a role in threading the needle.
The enemies are not sleeping, nor are they dead!
Use remaining courage to pursue the fleeing enemy, do not seek fame like the tyrant! If the enemy does not surrender, destroy it!
—— Jinggangshan Army Group “镇黑浪” (Zhen Hei Lang)
Drafted January 16, 1967
