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Jiang Qing was the pseudonym used by the future Madame Mao, wife of Communist leader, Mao Zedong. Born as Yunhe, she changed her name numerous times through the course of history.
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Massive student demonstrations against Peking government, marking upsurge of Chinese Nationalism
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Mao Zedong established as one of its key leaders
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(Kuomintang)
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Purge of the Chinese Communist Party (Mao Zedong) by the National People's Party/Kuomintang (Chiang Kai-Shek). The People's Liberation Army is established.
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"A massive military retreat undertaken by the Red Army of the Chinese Communist Party, the forerunner of the People's Liberation Army, to evade the pursuit of the Kuomintang (KMT or Chinese Nationalist Party) army."
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Mao uses World War II and nationalistic fervor to further Communism in China
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Marked by propaganda championing human willpower as the means to industrialization and economic growth. Ended in failure with mass deaths by starvation.
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Led by Mao Zedong and the Red Guard, the Cultural Revolution causes great suffering and unrest; the Gang of Four rises to power.
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Leader of People's Liberation Army and Mao Zedong's official successor. Reports claim he had planned a failed coup against Mao.
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They were sentence to death, later commuted to long-term imprisonment
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Some reports claim she committed suicide
