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On 1 October 1959, Lin Biao, as defense minister, surveyed the honor guards at the military parade celebrating the 10th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. As Defense Minister, Lin's policies differed from those of his predecessor.
Lin Biao was a Chinese military leader who, as a field commander of the Red Army, contributed to the communists’ 22-year struggle for power and held many high government and party posts. He played a prominent role in the first several years of the Cultural Revolution (1966–76), but in 1971 he.
Lin Biao (1907-71, Wade-Giles: Lin Piao) was a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader, a prominent People’s Liberation Army (PLA) commander and, until 1971, one of Mao Zedong’s closest allies.
Sep 13, 2023 · Lin Biao was a principal architect of the cult of Mao Zedong. But by the summer of 1971, Mao was publicly identifying Lin as someone who had committed political errors, and seemed on the verge of removing Lin from his position.
(CNN) -- Lin Biao's legend as a brilliant Red Army commander who never lost a battle was earned by the time he was 28 in the early days of the Communist Party's 22-year struggle for the...
May 27, 2024 · Cultural Revolution - Lin Biao, 1969-71: Lin Biao was killed after what was asserted to be an abortive assassination plot against Mao. Politics shifted between the Gang of Four and the Zhou-Deng group.
Lin Biao , or Lin Piao, (born Dec. 5, 1907, Huanggang, Hubei province, China—died Sept. 13, 1971?, Mongolia?), Chinese military leader and government official who played a prominent role in the Cultural Revolution.
May 11, 2018 · Lin Biao (1907–71) Chinese communist general and political leader. He defeated Chiang Kai-shek in Manchuria (1948), thus helping to secure the victory of the communists in 1949. Lin was a leader of the Cultural Revolution (1966–69), and compiled the book of quotations from Mao Zedong known as the Little Red Book.
Lin Biao (Chinese: 林彪; pinyin: Lín Biāo; Wade-Giles: Lin Piao) (December 5, 1907 - September 13, 1971) was a Chinese Communist military leader who was instrumental in the communist victory in the Chinese Civil War.
Sep 27, 2009 · In 1971, Lin, together with his ambitious wife and only son, Lin Liguo , died in a plane crash in Mongolia while trying to flee China and defect to the...
