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{{Short description|Chinese general}}
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[[File:Chen Zaidao2.jpg|thumb|right|Chen Zaidao]]
'''Chen Zaidao''' ({{zh|s=陈再道|t=陳再道|p=Chén Zàidào}}, 24 January 1909 – 6 April 1993) was a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] general in the [[People's Liberation Army]], who commanded the Wuhan Military Region from 1954 to 1967. He is most noted for having arrested pro-Mao [[Xie Fuzhi]] and [[Wang Li (politician)|Wang Li]] during the [[Wuhan Incident]] in July 1967.<ref>Thomas W. Robinson. "The Wuhan Incident: Local Strife and Provincial Rebellion  During the Cultural Revolution," ''The China Quarterly'' (1971), 47: pp.&nbsp;413-18.</ref> He was promptly dismissed after the incident, but was rehabilitated in 1972 and entered the [[Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party]] in 1978.

During the [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square protests]] of spring 1989, Chen Zaidao joined former Minister of Defense [[Zhang Aiping]] and five other retired generals in opposing the [[People's Liberation Army at Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|enforcement of martial law by the Army in Beijing]].

{{quote|Due to the exigent circumstances, we as old soldiers, make the following request: Since the People's Army belongs to the people, it cannot stand against the people, much less kill the people, and must not be permitted to fire on the people and cause bloodshed; to prevent the situation from escalating, the Army must not enter the city.|[[Ye Fei]], [[Zhang Aiping]], [[Xiao Ke]], [[Yang Dezhi]], Chen Zaidao, [[Song Shilun]] and [[Li Jukui]]|May 21, 1989 letter to the [[Central Military Commission (China)|Central Military Commission]] and Capital Martial Law Command Headquarters<ref name="WRH521">(Chinese) [http://blog.boxun.com/hero/201105/wurenhua/21_1.shtml Wu Renhua, "89天安门事件大事记：5月21日 星期日"] Accessed 2013-07-12</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=March 2018}}}}

==See also==
*[[List of officers of the People's Liberation Army]]

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