Sidney Rittenberg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Sidney Rittenberg

American academic

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1921

Place of Birth: Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Date of Death: 24-Aug-2019

Profession: writer, businessperson, author, journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Sidney Rittenberg (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Li Dunbái; August 14, 1921 – August 24, 2019) was an American journalist, scholar, and Chinese linguist who lived in China from 1944 to 1980.
He worked closely with Mao Zedong, Zhu De, Zhou Enlai, and other leaders of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during the Chinese Communist Revolution, and was with these central Communist leaders at Yan'an.
He witnessed first-hand much of what occurred at upper levels of the CCP and knew many of its leaders personally, approving of the crackdown on dissidents Later, he was imprisoned in solitary confinement, twice .
He was the first American citizen to join the CCP.Rittenberg's connections and experience enabled him to run a consultancy business representing some of the world's biggest brands, such as Intel, Levi Strauss, Microsoft, Hughes Aircraft and Teledesic.