Heroes
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Qiu Shaoyun: A great fighter who sacrificed himself for the whole and final victory
Qiu Shaoyun was born in 1931 in Tongliang County, Sichuan Province. He joined the Chinese People's Liberation Army in December 1949 and in March 1951, joined the Chinese People's Volunteer Army (CPV) to fight in the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. On the way to the front line with the troops, he braved the strafing and bombing of US military aircrafts and saved a Korean child from a burning house.
2020-11-10 10:25 -
Wu Jiong: female combat medic of CPV troops in Battle of Shangganling
Born in Zhongxian County, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Wu joined the People's Liberation Army in 1950 and received healthcare professional training before serving as a military medic.
2020-11-10 10:32 -
Sun Zhanyuan: a First-Class Combat Hero
After the battle, Sun Zhanyuan was posthumously awarded the Special-Class Merit and the honorary title of "First-Class Combat Hero" by the CPV Headquarters.
2020-11-10 00:16 -
Gen. Wang Hai: First-class Combat Hero of PLA Air Force
General Wang Hai, former commander of the PLA Air Force, was enrolled by the PLA Air Force’s first aviation school in 1946 at the age of 20 and became one of the first pilot cadets of the school. He is one of the five First-Class Combat Heroes in the air force of the Chinese People’s Volunteers （CPV）.
2020-10-23 15:25 -
Li Weibo: Almost never leaves his gun position in three years
Li Weibo graduated from Northeastern Military and Political University in advance in October 1950. He was assigned to the 504th Regiment of the Anti-aircraft Artillery of Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) to learn how to operate Soviet style anti-aircraft artillery.
2020-10-23 15:31 -
Chinese shepherd boy brings down US double ace
Han Decai was the deputy commander of the air force of the former PLA Nanjing Military Region. He shot down five enemy aircraft on the battlefield, won Merit Citation Class I twice, and was awarded the honorary title of "Class II Combat Hero" by the PLA Air Force.
2020-10-22 17:49 -
Yang Gensi: Special-class Combat Hero
Yang Gensi, the Special-class Combat Hero of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), was born in 1922 in Taixing, Jiangsu Province. Joining the New Fourth Army in 1944, Yang used to serve as commander of the squad, platoon and company and had the reputation of "Master of explosives".
2020-10-16 18:50 -
Huang Jiguang, a CPV member blocking the enemy's bullet hole with his body
Huang Jiguang was born in a poor farmer’s family in 1931 in Zhongjiang County, Sichuan Province. He joined the Chinese People’s Volunteers in March 1951.
2020-10-16 18:45 -
70 years after the Korean War: A daughter remembers the last Soviet flying ace
Soviet leader Joseph Stalin sent air force units to support them, including Sergei Kramarenko, who had already made a name for himself as an ace in World War II. The award of Hero of the Soviet was bestowed on him for his work on the Korean Peninsula.
2020-10-23 16:29 -
Military hero leads humble life
In recent years, Sun Jingkun mainly relied on a subsistence allowance as his source of income. Some offered him financial help, but having been very used to enduring hardship, he always rejected it.
2020-10-24 17:12 -
War veteran devoted to martyr's cemetery in Jilin
Xu, who was recently awarded the honorary title "Role Model of Our Time" by China's top publicity department, participated in many wars and won many medals of military merit. After retiring from the military in 1958, he could have chosen an easy and comfortable life, but he made a decision to guard the cemetery of a martyr whom he aspired to emulate from the moment he enlisted.
2020-10-24 17:24 -
A 90-year-old veteran's old-time memory: Peace and no war
Zhang Runtian, born in 1930 in north China's Hebei Province, is a veteran who fought for the country in China's War of Liberation (1946–49) and the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea (1950–53).
2020-10-23 10:18 -
The road is mightier than the bomb: A Chinese veteran's war story in Korea
CGTN Host Tian Wei speaks to the war veteran on his gripping escapades during the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.
2020-10-23 10:04 -
Korean War hero glad to see China prosper
Zhang Zhen was one of the soldiers in the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War. Now at 94, Zhang says he is glad that China becomes prosperous.
2020-10-22 09:51 -
Two veterans honored for valiant wartime service
China's top publicity department recently honored two veterans, Sun Jingkun and Xu Zhenming, with the title, "Role Model of Time", for their contributions during the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea (1950-53).
2020-10-19 21:37 -
Veteran fighting Korean War grateful for happy life
Tu Boyi, 89 years old, is a veteran of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) fighting the 1950-53 Korean War.
2020-10-14 16:12