Tu Zuochao (1903-1984) was born in Changsha,
Hunan Province, China. He became a carpenter's apprentice in 1917 and a trade
unionist in 1920. He joined the Chinese Communist Party early,
in 1924 and was an activist in the May 30th Movement of
1925. That same year, he was sent to study at Moscow Oriental University. He began training for the CCP secret service in 1927, was a non-voting delegate to the CCP 6th national congress in 1928, and completed a 10-month radio class in 1929, which ....