Peng Pai

Peng Pai born in Haifeng County , Guangdong Province, China, was a pioneer of the Chinese agrarian movement and peasants rights activist, a prominent revolutionary, and one of the leaders of Chinese Communist Party at its earlier stage. Peng Pai was one of the few Chinese intellectuals who were aware in early 1920s that peasantry and land issues caused the most critical problems for Chinese society. He believed that the success of any revolution in China must depend on the peasants as its base foundation.

Peng Pai was born on October 22, 1896, into the elite segment of society as a landlord offspring and an heir to great wealth. The Peng family was of Cantonese origin, with about thirty members, owning lands cultivated by peasant tenants who, with their families, numbered more than 1,500 so each one of the Peng family controlled about fifty peasants.

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