Lin Biao

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Chinese Communist Party politician Chinese military commander Chinese politician People's Liberation Army general human

Lin Biao was a prominent Chinese Communist military commander and politician who played a key role in the Chinese Civil War and later became Mao Zedong’s designated successor before dying under mysterious circumstances in 1971.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chinese Communist Party politician → Chinese military commander → Chinese politician → People's Liberation Army general → human →
accusation	alleged involvement in the so‑called Project 571 coup attempt →
allegiance	Chinese Red Army → Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army → People's Liberation Army →
awardReceived	Order of August First → Order of Independence and Freedom → Order of Liberation →
birthName	Lin Yurong →
causeOfDeath	airplane crash →
child	Lin Liguo →
closeAllyOf	Mao Zedong →
conflict	Chinese Civil War → Chinese Communist Revolution → Second Sino-Japanese War →
countryOfCitizenship	China →
dateOfBirth	5 December 1907 →
dateOfDeath	13 September 1971 →
education	Whampoa Military Academy →
ethnicGroup	Han Chinese →
gender	male →
ideology	Maoism → Marxism–Leninism →
influencedBy	Mao Zedong →
knownFor	commanding the Fourth Field Army in the Chinese Civil War → helping compile and promote the Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung (Little Red Book) →
mannerOfDeath	accident →
memberOf	Chinese Communist Party →
militaryBranch	People's Liberation Army →
militaryRank	Marshal of the People's Republic of China →
movement	Chinese Communist Revolution → Cultural Revolution →
name	Lin Biao →
notableEvent	purged posthumously by the Chinese Communist Party →
notableRole	Mao Zedong's designated successor → key military commander in the Chinese Civil War →
notableWork	promotion of Mao Zedong Thought during the Cultural Revolution →
placeOfBirth	Huanggang, Hubei, Qing dynasty, China →
placeOfDeath	Öndörkhaan, Mongolia →
positionHeld	Member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Chinese Communist Party → Minister of National Defense of the People's Republic of China → Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission → Vice Chairman of the Communist Party of China → Vice Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China →
spouse	Ye Qun →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chinese Communist Party forces → National Revolutionary Army 8th Route Army →	notableLeader
Lushan Conference of 1959 →	attendee
Lin Biao →	name
Whampoa Military Academy →	notableAlumnus
Sino–Soviet border conflict →	notableCommander
Cultural Revolution →	notableFigure
War of Liberation →	opposingCommander