POLITICIAN

Chen Boda

1904 - 1989

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Chen Boda (simplified Chinese: 陈伯达; traditional Chinese: 陳伯達; Wade–Giles: Ch'en Po-ta; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Peh-ta̍t; 29 July 1904 – 20 September 1989), was a Chinese Communist journalist, professor and political theorist who rose to power as the chief interpreter of Maoism (or "Mao Zedong Thought") in the first 20 years of the People's Republic of China. Chen became a close associate of Mao Zedong in Yan'an, during the late 1930s, drafting speeches and theoretical essays and directing propaganda. After 1949, Chen played a leading role in overseeing mass media and ideology; at the start of the Cultural Revolution in 1966, Mao named him Chairman of the Cultural Revolution Group, entrusting him with the task of guiding the new mass movement. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Chen Boda has received more than 135,979 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Chen Boda is the 10,342nd most popular politician (down from 9,595th in 2019), the 709th most popular biography from China (down from 649th in 2019) and the 378th most popular Chinese Politician.

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  • 140k

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  • 53.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.27

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Chen Boda ranks 10,342 out of 19,576. Before her are Olga Benário Prestes, Prince Frederick William of Hesse-Kassel, Son Sann, Carlos Pellegrini, Mehmed Fuad Pasha, and Catherine Carey. After her are William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg, Ibrahim I ibn al-Aghlab, Bu Jiang, Deng Sui, Conrad I, Duke of Bavaria, and Anthony Mamo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Chen Boda ranks 150. Before her are Sergei Yutkevich, Pyotr Koshevoy, Aparicio Méndez, William L. Shirer, Lin Huiyin, and Emilio Recoba. After her are Joseph Schmidt, Heinrich von Brentano, Antoun Saadeh, Armando Castellazzi, André Leducq, and Walter Heitler. Among people deceased in 1989, Chen Boda ranks 122. Before her are Riccardo Morandi, Joe Spinell, Mouloud Mammeri, Guy Laroche, Martti Talvela, and Robert Penn Warren. After her are Yuliya Solntseva, Abbie Hoffman, Armand Salacrou, Georges Schehadé, Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou, and Halina Konopacka.

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In China

Among people born in China, Chen Boda ranks 709 out of 1,610. Before her are Song Yingxing (1587), Lin Huiyin (1904), Nie Rongzhen (1899), Gu Yanwu (1613), Wang Meng (1308), and Cheung Po Tsai (1783). After her are Deng Sui (81), Ng Man-tat (1952), Guan Daosheng (1262), Song Yu (-298), Yang Hui (1238), and Han Suyin (1917).

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Among POLITICIANS In China

Among politicians born in China, Chen Boda ranks 378. Before her are Zeng Qinghong (1939), Hai Rui (1514), Xin Qiji (1140), Qu Qiubai (1899), Lien Chan (1936), and Nie Rongzhen (1899). After her are Deng Sui (81), Zhang Qun (1889), Zhang Gaoli (1946), Nicholas Poppe (1897), Shi Lang (1621), and Jin of Xia (null).

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