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Jiang Qing
(Encyclopedia)Jiang Qing or Chiang Ch'ing both: jyäng jĭng [key], 1914–91, Chinese Communist political leader, wife of Mao Zedong. Born Li Jinhai or Li Shumeng, she was later known as Li Yunhe and Li He and cha...Chiang Ch'ing
(Encyclopedia)Chiang Ch'ing: see Jiang Qing.Ai Qing
(Encyclopedia)Ai Qing: see Ai Ch'ing.Jiang Zemin
(Encyclopedia)Jiang Zemin jyängˈ zŭˈmĭnˈ [key], 1926–2022, Chinese government official, general secretary of ...Yang Jiang
(Encyclopedia)Yang Jiang: See Qian Zhongshu.Ai Ch'ing
(Encyclopedia)Ai Ch'ing or Ai Qing both: īˈ chĭngˈ [key], pseud. of Chiang Hai-ch'eng or Jiang Haicheng, 1910–96, Chinese poet. After studying painting in France (1929–32), where he discovered realist liter...Gang of Four
(Encyclopedia)Gang of Four, term of opprobrium given by the Chinese Communist authorities to four persons held responsible for the excesses of the Cultural Revolution (1966–69). They were also accused of trying t...Hua Guofeng
(Encyclopedia)Hua Guofeng or Hua Kuo-feng both: hwä gwôfŭng [key], 1920–2008, Chinese Communist leader. He was relatively unknown until he became minister of public security and deputy premier in 1975. As Mao ...Cultural Revolution
(Encyclopedia)Cultural Revolution, 1966–76, mass mobilization of urban Chinese youth inaugurated by Mao Zedong in an attempt to prevent the development of a bureaucratized Soviet style of Communism. Mao closed sc...Xi
(Encyclopedia)Xi shē jyäng [key], great river of S China, c.1,250 mi (2,010 km) long, rising in E Yunnan prov. and flowing generally E through Guangxi and Guangdong provs. to the South China Sea near Guangzhou; t...Browse by Subject
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