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Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing, born Li Yunhe, also known as Li Jin, and briefly known by her stage name Lan Ping in the 1930s Shanghai, was a Chinese revolutionary, actress, and political figure. The fourth wife of Mao Zedong, she played a major role in the Cultural Revolution and led the Gang of Four.
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entertainment · Fourth wife of Mao Zedong (1914–1991) · actor · politician · film actor · also Jiang Qing, Lan Ping, Chiang Ch'ing, Qing
Born 5 March 1914 · Died 14 May 1991 · Q236017
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2024· 1 entry
2015· 1 entry
Leftist activists attempting to pay their respects faced resistance from dozens of security guards, with several taken to Pingguoyuan Police Station for interrogation
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1996· 1 entry
Yan Changgui, Jiang's former secretary, visited Zhucheng, where the city's Party Secretary asked him to convey to Li Na that Jiang could be buried there, pending her consent
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1991· 2 entries
Died 1991-05-14.
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When she was hospitalised in Beijing, she used the name Li Runqing
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1984· 2 entries
Jiang was granted medical parole, but multiple official Chinese sources and media reports subsequently suggested she never left Qincheng
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Was assigned to a separate courtyard building within Qincheng that had formerly served as a laundry facility for war criminals
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1980· 1 entry
Millions of posters and cartoons depicted the Gang of Four as class enemies and spies
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1976· 2 entries
The Chinese government launched a massive propaganda campaign to vilify her and the other members of the so-called Gang of Four
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Jiang initiated the "Five No's" campaign in order to discourage and prohibit any public mourning for Zhou
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1975· 1 entry
Jiang initiated a campaign named "Criticizing Song Jiang, Evaluating the Water Margin", which encouraged the use of Zhou as an example of a political loser
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1974· 2 entries
Jiang directed the Ministry of Culture to design a new dress for Chinese women, inspired by elements of women's clothing from the Song dynasty
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Jiang visited the Twentieth Army as part of her effort to propagate the Criticize Lin, Criticize Confucius campaign
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1973· 1 entry
And 1974, Jiang directed the "Criticise Lin, Criticise Confucius" campaign against premier Zhou because Zhou was viewed as one of Jiang's primary political opponents
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1972· 1 entry
Jiang enlisted American scholar Roxane Witke to write her autobiography
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1971· 2 entries
Jiang saw the collapse of the Lin Biao faction and, with Mao's declining health, she became eager to seize the highest power in the country
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Turned against him publicly in the Criticise Lin, Criticise Confucius Campaign
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1969· 1 entry
Career landmark: member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party (1969–1976).
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1968· 2 entries
Jiang had Zhou's adopted son (Sun Yang) and daughter (Sun Weishi) tortured and murdered by Red Guards
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Jiang forced Zhou to sign an arrest warrant for his own brother
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1967· 1 entry
Jiang declared eight works of performance art to be the new models for proletarian literature and art
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1966· 2 entries
Yu was subsequently sent to a Cow Shed, a small room where the "bad elements" were confined
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And emerged as a serious political figure in the summer of that year
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1964· 1 entry
Awarded Royal Order of Cambodia (1964).
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1963· 1 entry
Jiang enlisted A Jia to help modernise Beijing Opera with revolutionary socialist themes
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1962· 1 entry
Frequently attended local opera performances
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1961· 1 entry
Zhu Ming, the widow of Lin Boqu, wrote to the Party Central Committee regarding her late husband
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1958· 1 entry
While Mao attended a meeting in Nanning, he met Yu Qiwei, who used to have a romantic relationship with Jiang
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1957· 1 entry
Jiang recovered from cervical cancer, though she believed she was still unwell, contrary to her doctors’ assessment of her good health
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1956· 2 entries
Made another trip to the Soviet Union for treatment and returned in 1957
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Soong hosted Indonesian President Sukarno at a banquet in Shanghai, where Jiang and Liu Shaoqi’s wife, Wang Guangmei, were also present
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1951· 1 entry
Jiang was given a minor position of Film Bureau Chief
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1949· 4 entries
Was diagnosed with cervical cancer and underwent four rounds of treatment in the Soviet Union
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After Soong Ching-ling, the widow of Sun Yat-sen, attended the founding ceremony in Beijing and returned to Shanghai, Mao sent Jiang to see her off at the train station
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Career landmark: First Lady of China (1949–1976).
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Career landmark: spouse of the President of the People's Republic of China (1949–1959).
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1937· 1 entry
Studied at Military and Political University of Resistance Against Japan (1937).
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1935· 1 entry
When she entered the entertainment industry, she took on the stage name Lan Ping, which means "blue apple"
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1930· 1 entry
Jiang, though only half-trained, was chosen to join theatrical companies in Beijing
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1914· 1 entry
Born 1914-03-05.
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