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The '''Gang of Four''' was the clique of Chinese Communist Party officials led by [[Jiang Qing]] which dominated Chinese political life in the final years of rule by [[Mao Zedong]]. Its members were Jiang Qing, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyaun and Wang Hongwen, members of a radical faction based in [[Shanghai]]. Following Mao's death in 1976, the four were arrested and were put on trial in 1980-81. Jiang and Zhang received (suspended) death sentences, Yao twenty years imprisonment, and Wang life imprisonment.
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