There is a photo from the 1960s, which is absolutely shocking. The person in the middle of the photo is holding the arm of the great leader in one hand and the arm of the chairman’s wife in the other. He is high-spirited and full of energy. Wow, that’s awesome!
There is probably no other person in history who dared to take photos like this. This awesome person is Yao Shanshan .
Yao Dengshan was born in 1918 and came from a poor family. In 1938, he joined the Shanxi New Army's Three Columns of Death and joined the Communist Party of China that year. After that, he returned to his hometown to mobilize the masses, organized local armed forces, and launched guerrilla warfare. In 1945, he was appointed Secretary of the Quxiang County Committee of the Communist Party of China. After the founding of New China, Yao Dengshan served as the first regiment leader and political commissar of Lei Feng's regiment. In August 1950, he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and worked in the Chinese embassies in Denmark, Finland, Ceylon and other countries. In March 1966, he served as the counselor of the Embassy in Indonesia, which was during the Indonesia period, which made Yao Shanshan famous.
In September 1965, a military coup occurred in Indonesia. President Sukarno was deposed. A military group ruled the country. They not only arrested and killed tens of thousands of Indonesian Communists, but also madly attacked the Chinese Embassy. . After Yao Shanshan took office, he led the embassy staff to fight resolutely against the anti-China forces in Indonesia to protect the national flag of the People's Republic of China and safeguard the dignity of the country. At the same time, inspired by the revolutionary movement in China, Yao Shanshan also rebelled against the new Indonesian regime. As a result he was detained and then deported.
When he returned from Indonesia, Chen Boda, the leader of the Central Cultural Revolution Group, and Jiang Qing, the first deputy leader, came to the airport to welcome him.
Premier Zhou Enlai also personally went to the airport to welcome him and gave him a warm hug.
Yao Shanshan returned to China as a hero and was received by Chairman Mao, Premier Zhou, Jiang Qing and others. Submerged in the huge honor, Yao Shanshan was extremely excited and joyful. When he stood between Chairman Mao and Jiang Qing for a photo, he actually held the arms of the leader and his wife.
In the photo, Yao Shanshan suddenly held his arm. Chairman Mao seemed helpless, but Jiang Qing was quite happy. Premier Zhou and Lin Biao also smiled. The photo of
appeared on the front page of the newspaper the next day. Yao Shanshan suddenly became famous all over the country. At that time, officials praised him as a "Red Diplomatic Warrior." Yao Shanshan was furious and his head was spinning. After returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Yao Dengshan disobeyed the Prime Minister's clear instructions that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs should not seize power. With the assistance of several radicals in the liaison station, he brought down the entire leadership of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and took over power. They successively attacked the Soviet, Indian and Burmese embassies, all of which seriously violated diplomatic norms. And the most stupid thing he did was to burn down the British Agency in Beijing!
In May 1967, the June 7th riots occurred in Hong Kong, and the situation continued to expand. The rebels hosted a denunciation meeting of tens of thousands of people at the Beijing Workers' Stadium , and gathered in front of the British Agency in China to hold the "Capital proletarian revolutionaries angrily denounced the British imperialist crimes against China." After the meeting, on the grounds that the British side had not responded to the ultimatum within the time limit, they stormed into the British Agency and set fire to the office building, causing the British Charge d'Affaires to leave office and return home. After the incident, British people protested outside the gate of the Chinese Agency in London, and many Chinese personnel were injured. China compensated Britain for all its losses, and its international reputation suffered unprecedented damage.
The Prime Minister was furious, severely criticized the rebels on foreign affairs, and reported to Chairman Mao at the same time. Chairman Mao clearly declared: "This arson incident is a counter-revolutionary act and must be severely punished." Yao Shanshan changed from a "red diplomatic warrior" and "revolutionary" to a "counter-revolutionary element" and "political pickpocket" overnight.
Since then, Yao Shanshan has plummeted and hit rock bottom. He stayed in Qincheng Prison for many years, and people gradually forgot about him. Later, he was released from prison and retired. Until his death in Beijing in 1998, not many people knew about him. Although he was once extremely noisy and a smash hit.
