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University experts agreed recently that the trial of the Gang of Four--former Chinese leader Mao Zedong's widow and three members of the Politburo during his rule--should impugn Mao's image in the minds of the Chinese people. But at the same time, they doubted that the trial represents the adoption of Western legal procedures in the People's Republic...
Hofheinz said the purpose of the trial is "to tarnish the image of Mao," adding that Chinese leaders are "trying to do so in a way that is consonant with some set of legalistic values...
Yesterday, the official Xinhua news agency reported that Mao's widow, Jiang Qing, admitted in court that she led a group in preparing false evidence against then Chinese President Liu Shao-chi and ordered the arrest of his wife on charges she was an American...
There have been reports that she plans to defend herself by cloaking herself in Mao's mantle, saying that she did only what he approved. As the trial got under way, Jiang Qing dismissed her assigned team, deciding instead to represent herself...
...China's strongman, Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping, and his powerful allies. One is to discredit permanently the Gang of Four and other radicals who not only purged the current leaders but also brought China to the edge of chaos. An other is to lower public esteem for Mao without discrediting the Great Helmsman entirely...