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 ...

Jiang Qing. In April 1973, two months before he turned 40, Abbado landed in Beijing with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra to perform several concerts in the capital. The Cultural Revolution would ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.