Liu Bocheng, Chinese commander and politician (died 1986)

Liu Mingzhao, more commonly known as Liu Bocheng, was a Chinese military officer and Marshal of the People's Republic of China. Known as the 'half' of the "Three and A Half" Strategists of China in modern Chinese history, he was recognised as a revolutionary, military strategist, and theoretician and one of the founders of the People's Liberation Army (PLA).