Jiang Qing and the Cultural Revolution

Jiang Qing and the Cultural Revolution

Jiang Qing

As Mao Zedong's wife and a central leader of the radical Gang of Four, Jiang Qing wielded immense ideological control during the Cultural Revolution. She directed revolutionary model plays and purged political opponents, but was arrested after Mao's death and held accountable for the decade's turmoil.

Timeline

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Element
Year Jiang Qing
1914
Birth of Jiang Qing (Period: March 19, 1914, Location: Zhucheng County, Shandong Province, Republic of China (now Zhucheng, Weifang, Shandong, China))
1927
Chinese Civil War (Age: 12 years old, Period: 1927–1949 (especially the resumption period of 1945–1949), Location: Various regions in China, especially North, East, and Northeast China)
1930
Acting Career in Shanghai (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1930s, Location: Shanghai, China)
1931
Marriage (Jiang Qing, Pei Minglun, Age: 16 years old, Period: 1931, Location: Shandong Province, China)
1933
Joining the Chinese Communist Party (Age: 18 years old, Period: 1933, Location: Shanghai, China)
1936
Marriage (Jiang Qing, Tang Na, Age: 21 years old, Period: 1936, Location: Shanghai, China)
1937
Second Sino-Japanese War (Age: 22 years old, Period: 1937–1945, Location: Various regions in China)
Relocation to Yan'an (Jiang Qing, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1937–1938, Location: Yan'an City, Shaanxi Province, China)
1938
Marriage to Mao Zedong (Age: 24 years old, Period: November 1938, Location: Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China)
Marriage (Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong, Age: 24 years old, Period: November 1938, Location: Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China)
1960
Promotion of Revolutionary Model Plays (Age: 45 years old, Period: Late 1960s – 1970s, Location: Nationwide China centered on Beijing)
1966
Assuming Office as Deputy Leader of the Central Cultural Revolution Group (Jiang Qing, Age: 52 years old, Period: May 1966, Location: Beijing, China)
1969
Assuming Office as Member of the CCP Politburo (Jiang Qing, Age: 55 years old, Period: April 1969, Location: Beijing, China)
1970
Formation of the Gang of Four and Expansion of Political Influence (Age: 55 years old, Period: Early 1970s – 1976, Location: Beijing, China)
1971
Lin Biao Incident (Age: 57 years old, Period: September 1971, Location: Near Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China, and Mongolian People's Republic)
1976
Gang of Four Incident (Age: 62 years old, Period: October 1976, Location: Beijing, China)
Arrest of Jiang Qing (Age: 62 years old, Period: October 6, 1976, Location: Beijing, China)
1980
Trial of the Gang of Four (Lin Biao and Jiang Qing Counter-revolutionary Cliques Case, Age: 66 years old, Period: November 1980 – January 1981, Location: Beijing, China)
Trial and Sentencing of Counter-revolutionary Cliques (Age: 66 years old, Period: November 1980 – January 1981, Location: Beijing, China)
1991
Death of Jiang Qing (Age: 77 years old, Period: May 14, 1991 (Beijing, China; reported as suicide))

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