Li's first choice of premier was Chu Cheng, a veteran member of the Kuomintang who had been virtually driven into exile due to his strong opposition to Chiang.

Lenin was an advocate of the socio-political theory of Marxism, first developed by the German sociologists Karl Marx ( 1818 – 1883 ) and Friedrich Engels ( 1820 – 1895 ) in the mid-19th century, and Li's articles helped bring an understanding of Marxism to the Chinese revolutionary movement, even though he failed to fully understand it himself.

Li's overthrow may have been accompanied by China's first recorded peasant rebellion.

Hero also saw Jet Li's first appearance in a film produced by mainland China, after his debut in Shaolin Temple.

The first televised artiste course broadcasted was in 1966 under the title, " Ying Li's voice.

This was Jet Li's first American film debut as Wah Sing Ku.

In 1918, Li's grandfather, Li Koon-chun, along with his great-uncle, founded the Bank of East Asia, the first Chinese-owned bank in the territory.

Li's integrity is being questioned by Legislators, and corporate gadfly David Webb was the first to put Li under pressure to relinquish his position as a member of both the Legislative and the Executive Councils of Hong Kong because of his implication in the affair.

Zhu, hearing of Li's impending arrival, first attacked Fengtian even more severely but still could not capture it, and with Li arriving, Zhu withdrew back to Chang ' an on December 18.

Li's company, Hutchison Whampoa Ltd., has had two major joint ventures with Tongrentang.

After Li left the region, most of Li's territory surrendered to Yang Tong's regime, as did the major rebel general Zhu Can.

Li's appearance on state television weeks later showed that this was not the case.

Li Kui raises his fists and wants to fight Jiao Ting, but Jiao is unfazed by Li's bravado or his fearsome beastly appearance.

The object of Li's strategy was to maintain a foothold on the Chinese mainland in the hope that the United States would eventually be compelled to enter the war in China on the Nationalist side.

Yan Xishan continued in his attempts to work with both sides, creating the impression among Li's supporters that he was a " stooge " of Chiang, while those who supported Chiang began to bitterly resent Yan for his willingness to work with Li.

Much of Li's rapid political promotion was due to the support of Party elder Chen Yun.

Li spent much of the 1990s expanding and managing an energy monopoly, State Power Corp. Because the company was staffed by Li's relatives, Li's management effectively transformed China's energy industry into a " family fiefdom ".

At its height, Li's power company controlled 72 % of all energy-producing assets in China, and was ranked as the sixtieth-largest company in the world by US magazine Fortune.

After Li's departure from government, Li's energy monopoly was split into five smaller companies by the Chinese government.

In 2010, Li's autobiographical book, The Critical Moment – Li Peng Diaries, was published by New Century Press.

The Critical Moment covers Li's activities during the period of the Tiananmen Square protests, and was published on the protests ' twenty-first anniversary.

New Century Press is run by Bao Pu, the son of Bao Tong, who was an aide to Li's rival, Zhao Ziyang.

Dai Qing states that by 1997, Li was receiving annual income in excess of ¥ 10 million through sales of his books, noting that Falun Gong practitioners purchased numerous copies of Li's works, pictures, and made voluntary donations.

" In light of Li's teachings on homosexuality as immoral, a nomination of Li for the Nobel Peace Prize by San Francisco legislators was withdrawn in 2001.

A year after his death, a deputy in the Board of Works made a submission to the Emperor appealing Li's innocence, arguing that since Li was already at the apex of honour, wealth and power, the accusation that he wanted to help someone else usurp the throne was clearly ridiculous.

Jiang nevertheless made sure to secure Li's promotion to the Politburo Standing Committee, though in 2002 he was " the sole member of the PBSC without a specific post in the cabinet of Party bureaucracy ," and was initially simply charged with supervising the Party organs that deal with propaganda and ideology.

While he sought out his mother Consort Li's cousins ( Consort Li's brothers had been executed with their father Li Hui ) and rewarded them with relatively low offices, he later retracted the rewards, bringing criticism that he was treating the Fengs with too much kindness and not treating the Lis with sufficient kindness.

After the battles of Luoyang and Kaifeng, the Ming government was unable to stop Li's rebellion, as most of its military force was involved in the battle against the Manchurians in the north.

After Li's army was defeated on 27 May 1644 at the Battle of Shanhai Pass by the combined forces of Ming turncoat general Wu Sangui and the Manchurians, Li fled from Beijing towards his base in Shaanxi.

Beginning to read and discuss the work of Marx with Li and other like-minded radicals at a Marxist Study Group, he eventually " developed rapidly toward Marxism " under Li's tutelage during the winter of 1918 – 19, looking for ways to combine it with ancient Chinese philosophies that would be applicable to modern China.

Song Li's improvements, recommended by a local man named Bai Ying, included damming the rivers Wen and Guang and drawing lateral canals from them to feed reservoir lakes at the very summit, at a small town called Nanwang.

Seizing their chance, the Manchus crossed the Great Wall after Ming border general Wu Sangui opened the gates at Shanhai Pass, and quickly overthrew Li's short-lived Shun Dynasty.

It is at Li's insistence as CPPCC chief that the status of non-CPC members as well as members of the eight " democratic parties " ( civic society groupings of academics, professionals and businessmen ) has been raised.

King Li's bad rule soon forced many peasants and soldiers into revolt, and Li was sent into exile at a place called Zhi near Linfen ( 842 BC ).

At that time during Li's childhood, a civil war was ensuing and living conditions were harsh, which may have been a cursor for Li's tonsure at a young age.

The Shun Dynasty lasted less than a year until Li's defeat at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, with the victorious Manchus establishing the Shunzhi Emperor of the Qing Dynasty as ruler of all China.

Li's success also had a large part to do with people seeking effective alternative medicine treatments at a time when China's health care system was struggling desperately to meet demand.

According to Falun Gong groups, Li's early success was recognized at the 1992 and 1993 Beijing Oriental Health Expos.

Certainly the Nationalists had a high opinion of Li's organisational skills ; a secret report prepared during their rural pacification campaign in 1928 explained why they were having particular difficulties in Anyuan: The reason the Communist Party has such a deeply rooted and firm foundation at Anyuan is because in the past the Communists carried out comprehensive ' red education ' at Anyuan.

Giocangga, chief of the Beiles of the Sixes, was originally under Li's command since his grandson, the young Nurhaci was under his hostage but later chose to oppose Nikan Wailan and took his fourth son Taksi to support Atai at his stronghold Fort Gure.

* Li's profile at the official DragonForce website

Despite the movie's success at the Box Office, there were much criticism of Gong Li's acting,

The Sui forces at Luoyang refused to recognize Li's authority and made no contact with Li Jiancheng's and Li Shimin's forces, which withdrew after brief engagement with Li Mi's forces.

Despite his persecution at the hand of Mao however, Qi criticised Li's portrayal of the Chinese leader, claiming that " aside from his account of the support-the-left activities ( zhi zuo ) in which he personally participated, most of the Cultural Revolution part of his memoirs consists of stuff gleaned from newspapers, journals and other people's writings.

The Once Upon a Time in China films were among Jet Li's best known hits at that time.

His outspoken nature led to his assassination by secret agents of the Kuomintang, right after eulogizing his friend Li Gongpu's life at Li's funeral in 1946.

* Lin Li's photos at GymBox

Then with the direct support from Mif, who came to China as envoy of Comintern, in the 4th Plenary Meeting of 6th National Congress of CPC in 1931 Wang and his associates won the battle with Li Lisan, who was incumbent paramount leader of CPC at that time, and Li's opponents of old CPC members, such as Labor activists He Mengxiong and Lin Yuying.