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.

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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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Gang of Four namedAfter Gang of Four (China)