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20 hours ago · Removal of Peng Zhen and Lu Dingyi and subsequently of Zhou Yang, then tczar of the arts and literature, indicated that this was to be a thoroughgoing purge. Clearly, a second purpose of the Cultural Revolution would be the elimination of leading cadres whom Mao held responsible for past ideological sins and alleged errors in judgment.
3 days ago · Quánguó Réndà Chángwěihuì Fùwěiyuánzhǎng. The vice chairpersons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress are deputies to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, responsible for assisting the chairman in his work.
5 days ago · Norodom Sihanouk [a] [b] ( / ˈsiːhənʊk /; 31 October 1922 – 15 October 2012) was the King and Prime Minister of Cambodia. In Cambodia, he is known as Samdech Euv [c] (meaning "King Father").
3 days ago · In March 1966, before the Cultural Revolution had officially begun, four major leaders including Peng Zhen, the mayor of Beijing, were condemned at a Politburo meeting over which Liu presided. An earlier accusation against the leadership stalwart, and veteran of the Long March, General Luo Ruiqing, led him to attempt suicide.
6 days ago · Peng Zhen devoted himself to the communist cause in his early years, and even when he was imprisoned, he never gave up the struggle. In 1983, he succeeded the outgoing Comrade Ye Jianying and became the new leader.
3 days ago · The Chinese themselves were loath to acknowledge the end of the Great Leap period, declaring the validity of the general line of socialist construction and its international revolutionary corollary for one and all. Reality can be seen, however, in the increasing role of the Chinese military and security personnel.
1 day ago · He appeared on 29 July 2019 at the funeral of former premier Li Peng. He also attended the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China mass parade in October 2019, marking his last public appearance prior to his death. He did not attend the 20th Party Congress in October 2022.
