• Yao Wenyuan (January 12, 1931 – December 23, 2005) was a Chinese literary critic, politician, and member of the Gang of Four during China's Cultural Revolution...
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    Qing (Mao Zedong's last wife). The other members were Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen. The Gang of Four controlled the power organs of the...
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  • his wife Jiang Qing and Shanghai propagandist Yao Wenyuan to publish an article criticizing it.: 15–18  Yao described the play as an allegory attacking...
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    (CRG) through Maoist leaders such as Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Hongwen and Yao Wenyuan, with backing from Mao Zedong, Kang Sheng, and Jiang Qing. The coup culminated...
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    engineer Yao Defen, former world's tallest woman Yao Wenyuan, member of the Gang of Four MC HotDog (born name as Yao Chung-jen), Taiwanese rapper Yao Beina...
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  • letter to Mao requesting his return to politics. Yao Wenyuan published an article criticizing the play. Yao's article argued that Wu Han had distorted the...
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  • Mao, including Chen Boda, the Chairman's wife Jiang Qing, Kang Sheng, Yao Wenyuan, Zhang Chunqiao, Wang Li and Xie Fuzhi. The CRG played a central role...
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  • when it was replaced by the Cultural Revolution Group. Mao argued that Yao Wenyuan hadn't focused on the word 'dismissed' in the title of the play, which...
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    members of what later became known as the Gang of Four: Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan and Wang Hongwen. She was one of the most powerful and controversial...
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    Prime Minister Zhang Chunqiao, and the party's chief propaganda leader, Yao Wenyuan — under arrest, effectively bringing an end to the Cultural Revolution...
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