Tag: Jiang Qing
Wang Guangmei’s Tribute to Mao After He Killed Her Husband Liu Shaoqi
Liu Shaoqi served as China's head of state throughout the 1950s and early 1960s. Mao Zedong had him imprisoned...
The Story a Film Couldn’t Tell: How Mao’s Campaign Silenced China’s Finest Filmmakers
In 1951, Mao Zedong personally ordered a political campaign that destroyed the careers of the team behind...
How Deng Xiaoping Dismantled Mao’s Security Chief in 1978
Mao Zedong's personal security chief, Wang Dongxing, had spent thirty years as the most feared man in...
The Grandson Mao Zedong Refused to Meet: A Family Secret the Party Won’t Explain
A grandfather who never came Mao Zedong was 77 when he learned he had a grandson. He named the boy...
Mao’s Widow Jiang Qing Spent 12 Years in an Urn Buried Under a False Name
At the foot of the Western Hills in Beijing sits a public cemetery called Futian, a burial ground for...
Inside Mao’s Inner Circle: Tan Zhenlin’s ‘Three Regrets’ and a Chilling Reply
Wu Faxian, former commander of the Chinese Communist Party’s air force, left behind a memoir that stands...
Why Ye Jianying Survived Mao’s Cultural Revolution While Other Marshals Were Purged in the February Countercurrent
On Feb. 11 and Feb. 16, 1967, senior Chinese Communist Party officials gathered at Huairen Hall in Zhongnanhai...