Zhang was the most intellectually rigorous member of the Gang of Four, the group that directed much of the Cultural Revolution. Led by Jiang Qing, the wife of Communist Party founder Mao Zedong ...

1976 — Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four are arrested in a bloodless revolt led by military commanders working with Mao's successor, Hua Guofeng, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution.

the Cultural Revolution was a great success. Insubordinate Party higher-ups were replaced by his allies, particularly the so-called Gang of Four, led by Mao's wife Jiang Qing. Could it have been ...

Set in 1930s Shanghai, in a theatre that doubles as a secret socialist safe house, we meet Jiang Qing – the ... who helped define the Chinese Cultural Revolution, Shanghai Dolls explores the ...

If the text is to be believed the activists, foot soldiers of the Cultural Revolution, sat at the meetings among the top political figures in Beijing. Kang Sheng, Zhou Enlai and Jiang Qing were all ...

When Mao died in 1976, the Cultural Revolution effectively came to a close. The Gang of Four, a group of Maoist supporters which included Mao’s wife Jiang Qing, was arrested just over a month ...

For better or (mostly) worse, Jiang Qing left her mark on the 20th century. Even before she was married to Chairman Mao, Jiang was a charismatic actor, and her passion for culture helped her ...

One is the appointment of an outsider, Elon Musk, to lead the assault on the federal bureaucracy, just as Mao’s wife, Jiang Qing, was put in charge of his “Cultural Revolution Leading Small ...

A group of Communist Party activists led by Mao's wife, Jiang Qing, that acted under Mao's authority. The four were largely responsible for propelling the Cultural Revolution, and the country ...

1976 — Jiang Qing and the Gang of Four are arrested in a bloodless revolt led by military commanders working with Mao’s successor, Hua Guofeng, effectively ending the Cultural Revolution.