[TigerLikesRooster]

Reminds me of long-forgotten Gao Gang, the head of pro-Soviet faction who ruled over Manchuria. He is said to have told Soviets in Moscow that he wants Manchuria to join Soviet Union as its 17th Republic. This enraged Liu Shao-qi who accompanied him during the trip to Moscow. He was so powerful that Mao couldn't touch him for a while. He eventually got rid of Gao after the Korean War. I am sure Gao Gang was also a typical Northerner.

[Iris7]

Good example of Mao’s dealings with those he considered rivals or potential rivals.

Gao was the Shaanxi Soviet honcho as I recall. One of the sentimental Marxist-Leninist types, totally out of their depths with the true master of Power.