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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 Wenyuan]] 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.

The '''Gang of Four''' was a leftist faction of [[Chinese Communist Party]] officials led by [[Jiang Qing]], Mao's last wife, which dominated Chinese political life in the final years of rule by [[Mao Zedong]]. Its members were Jiang Qing, [[Zhang Chunqiao]], [[Yao Wenyuan]] and [[Wang Hongwen]]. 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.

[[Category:People's Republic of China]]

[[Category:People's Republic of China]]