Ep. 89 | The Cultural Revolution (Part 7)
In Part 7 of our Cultural Revolution overview, we get all the way up to the end of 1975. With Zhou Enlai ailing and Mao Zedong also not long for the world, there is a sudden urgency to find a successor to the chairman.
Now more than ever the two opposing camps take every measure to defeat the other. To the victor will go the leadership of the Chinese nation. To the loser, there is a certain loss of power and perhaps of freedom. Everything is building up to the fateful year of 1976.
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Terms in Episode
| Pinyin/Term | Chinese | English/Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Chen Boda | 陈伯达 | CCRG leader who fell from power for backing Lin Biao |
| Chen Yi | 陈毅 | PLA Marshal, died January 26, 1972 |
| Chen Zaidao | 陈再道 | General at the center of the Wuhan Incident July 20, 1967 |
| Dong Biwu | 董必武 | Poliburo member from 1945 to 1975, old comrade of Mao |
| Jiang Qing | 江青 | Mao’s wife and Gang of Four member |
| Jiangxi | 江西 | Province in southeast China |
| Lake Poyang | 鄱阳湖 | Largest fresh-water lake in China, located in Jiangxi |
| Laobaixing | 老百姓 | The “old 100 surnames”, a name for the Chinese people |
| Li Desheng | 李德生 | PLA general, poliburo member as well as member of the Military Affairs Commission (MAC) |
| Lin Liguo | 林立国 | Son of Lin Biao and Ye Qun, rising star in the China air force |
| Lushan | 庐山 | Scenic resort area in Jiangxi. Site of two historic CCP plenums. |
| Nie Rongzhen | 聂荣臻 | PLA Marshal |
| Pi lin pi kong | 批林批孔 | Criticize Lin and Criticize Confucius |
| Tan Zhenlin | 谭震林 | old comrade of Mao from the Jinggangshan days and long time politician |
| Tu Deyong | - | Given life in prison for his public brazen indictment of the Cultural Revolution |
| Wang Hongwen | 王洪文 | Gang of Four member and at one time ranked 3rd in the CCP |
| Wu Faxian | 吴法宪 | Air Force commander, Lin Biao ally and mentor of Lin Liguo |
| Xu Xiangqian | 徐向前 | PLA Marshal |
| Yao Wenyuan | 姚文元 | Gang of Four Member |
| Ye Jianying | 叶剑英 | PLA Marshal |
| Ye Qun | 叶群 | Wife of Marshal Lin Biao |
| Yibu yibu | 一步一步 | One step at a time |
| Zhang Chunqiao | 张春桥 | Gang of Four member |
| Zhu De | 朱德 | PLA founder and one of Mao’s oldest and closest comrades |
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