Xiang Ying

Xiang Ying
Native name
项英
Bornc. 1895
Wuchang, Hubei, Qing China
Died1941 (aged 45–46)
Maolin, Jing County, Anhui Province
Buried
AllegianceChinese Red Army
Jiangxi Soviet
Service/branchNew Fourth Army
Battles/warsChinese Civil War
Second Sino-Japanese War

Xiang Ying (simplified Chinese: 项英; traditional Chinese: 項英; pinyin: Xiàng Yīng; Wade–Giles: Hsiang Ying; 1895(?) – 1941) was a war-time Chinese communist leader and an early founding member of the Chinese Communist Party who reached the rank of political chief of staff of the New Fourth Army during World War II until his assassination by a member of his staff in 1941 during the Sino-Japanese War.


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