Gang of Four (China)
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Gang of Four (China) was a political faction of four Chinese Communist Party officials, including Jiang Qing, who gained significant power during the Cultural Revolution and were later blamed for its excesses and purged after Mao Zedong's death.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | political faction ⓘ |
| activeDuring | Cultural Revolution NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| afterMaoDeath | yes ⓘ |
| alignedWith | radical Cultural Revolution policies ⓘ |
| arrestDate | 1976-10-06 ⓘ |
| arrestedIn | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| arrestOrderedBy | Hua Guofeng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | April 5th Tiananmen Incident (1976) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedIn | Beijing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| blamedFor |
economic disruption during Cultural Revolution
ⓘ
excesses of the Cultural Revolution ⓘ political persecutions during Cultural Revolution ⓘ |
| chargedWith |
counter-revolutionary crimes
ⓘ
forming an anti-Party clique ⓘ treason ⓘ |
| ChineseName | 四人帮 ⓘ |
| ChineseNamePinyin | Sìrénbāng NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| controlled | Shanghai propaganda apparatus ⓘ |
| convicted | yes ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | negative in official PRC historiography ⓘ |
| ideology | Maoism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedPolicyArea |
culture
ⓘ
education ⓘ media ⓘ propaganda ⓘ |
| languageOfName | English political nickname ⓘ |
| member |
Jiang Qing
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wang Hongwen NERFINISHED ⓘ Yao Wenyuan NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhang Chunqiao NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameOrigin | coined by political opponents after Mao's death ⓘ |
| notableMember | Jiang Qing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Deng Xiaoping
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hua Guofeng NERFINISHED ⓘ Zhou Enlai NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opposedPolicy | post-Mao economic reforms ⓘ |
| partOf | Chinese Communist Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakInfluencePeriod | early 1970s ⓘ |
| politicalPosition | far-left ⓘ |
| politicalRole | power center in late Cultural Revolution ⓘ |
| riseToPowerPeriod | late 1960s ⓘ |
| sentenceType | prison ⓘ |
| sloganAssociated | criticize Deng, oppose the right deviationist wind ⓘ |
| spouseOfKeyMember | Mao Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| supportedBy | Mao Zedong NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| trialPeriod | 1980–1981 ⓘ |
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