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| 杨幼麟 | |
 Yang Youlin | |
| Born | 1899 Hami, Xinjiang |
| Died | 1935 Ruijin, Jiangxi Province |
| Cause of death | Executed by the KMT |
| Education | Hunan Self-Study University |
| Occupation | Vice Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Soviet Government |
| Organization | Chinese Communist Party |
| Opponent | KMT |
| Father | Yang Xianglin |
| Relatives | Yang Kaihui |
| Military career | |
| Allegiance | Communist China |
| Service | Chinese Red Army |
| Years of service | 1931–1935 |
| Commands | 16th Red Army |
Yang Youlin (1899-1935) was a Chinese politician and a member of the Chinese Communist Party, being the Vice Chairman of the Hunan Province before he was captured and executed in 1935 by the KMT. He was a schoolteacher before joining the CPC in 1925 after attending the Shaoshan Revenge Meeting, and would serve as Director of School Affairs during the reorganization of the Xiangxi Xiangchengqian District School Affairs Committee. After joining, he used his identity as a schoolteacher to evade Chaing Kai-Shek's nationalist forces to recruit new members for the CPC. He refined elements of his local party, recurited 40 members, and established the Chengqian and Fengyin branches of the CPC. In 1926 he was instrumental in the establishemnt of the Xiangtan West Second District Peasant Association and was elected as the Youth Committee Member of the District Peasant Association. On March 18, 1926, Youlin was instrumental in the organization of peoples in protesting the warlord society of China. Between 1926-1927, he continued his work for the CPC up until the May 28th Incident, where he organized his party in Wuhan and fled to the USSR for refuge against the KMT. His family, which could not flee, was brually persecuted by the KMT, with many members being executed. In the Soviet Union, he would attend the Moscow Sun Yat-sen University until the summer of 1929, when he would return to China. Upon his return, he advocated for an armed uprising against the nationalist government, and in 1930 he would participate in the Red Army attack on Changsha. After his actions at the battle, he would be promoted to Vice Chairman of the Hunan Province. Later, the CPC abandoned Changsha in 1931, and Youlin would then participate in the First Congress of Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers.
"For the revolution, I am willing to sacrifice my life."
— Yang Youlin, Personal Diary
He would later participate in the command of the 16th Red Army from 1932 onwards, an ill-fated venture. Whilst he and his unit tried to fight their way out of the nationalist advanced, the efforts proved futile. Upon his defeat, he reogranized the structure of the Army, which included getting rid of warlords, which was an unpopular decision which he recieved much vitriol for, with some claiming that he was an agent of "right-wing opportunism".Though the army would be successfuly bolstered from 2500 men before he assumed command to 15000 afterwards, the criticism stuck with him. He was removed from his position as Vice Chairman, and he moved to the Central Soviet Area in that year. Reportedly he was in good spirits, writing in a letter, "I think the situation may be better in the future, let's wait for the future!" In 1934, he would attempt to participate in the Long March North, but due to pnuemonia, he suffered greatly. It was deicded then that he would continue work as a member of the CPC underground, where he would be vunerable to capture. In 1935, during the 5th Encirclement Campaign, he was caught by KMT authorities and executed by firing squad.
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