Liu Zhijian

{{Short description|People's Liberation Army lieutenant general from Hunan Province, China}}

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Liu Zhijian ({{zh|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 Chinese Communist Party 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.{{cn|date=August 2024}}

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Category:1912 births

Category:2006 deaths

Category:People's Liberation Army generals from Hunan

Category:Members of the 12th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party

Category:Political commissars of the Kunming Military Region

Category:Deputy chiefs of the People's Liberation Army General Political Department

Category:People from Pingjiang County

Category:Members of the Central Advisory Commission

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