THE GANG OF FOUR

WHO

• Jiang Qing - leader
• Yao wenyuan- Maos chief propagandist
• Wang hong wen- trade union leader
• Zhang chunqiao- secretary of shanghai municipal committee

WHAT

• The gang four controlled the power organs of the communist party of china
• The gang four together with disgraced general Lin bias.
• The culture revolution and officially blamed by the Chinese gov. For the worst excesses of the social chaos.
• Their down fall on October 6,1976, a mere month after moas death,
• The removal of this group from power is sometimes considered to have marked the end of the culture revolution.

CONTINUE....

• 1981 the four deposed leaders were subject to show trial and convicted of anti-party party .
• During the trial jiang Qing was extremely defiant protesting loudly .
• The struggle between hua guofeng's and deng xiaopings followers a new term emerged.
• 1980 they were charged with grave errors I. The struggle against the Gang of Four and demoted from the political bureau to the mere committee

WHERE

• China

WHY

• After Maos death, the Gang of Four wanted to gain bid for power
• They wanted and needed more support so they used their influenced on the media
• Jiang wanted to take control instead of having hua as the leader

WHEN

• Between 1974 and 1976 this political and ideological split was particularly focused on a plan known as the four modernist action
• Deng fell from favor again in 1975 but Zhou continued
• On October 5 hua called an emergency meeting of politburo for midnight
• The gang has been arrested in October 1976 there trials were delayed until November 1980'and did not finish until 1981