Word: qing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Jiang Qing is challenged by some tough evidence
...star defendant last week at the great show trial in Peking was once again Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Tse-tung and head of China's notorious Gang of Four. In the dock for the third time since the proceedings began on Nov. 20 Jiang seemed calmly defiant and unrepentant as she listened to the most serious charge against her: organizing the persecution of former Head of State Liu Shaoqi during the chaotic Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution of 1966-76. Liu, who died in disgrace in 1969, was posthumously restored to favor last year...
...exposing crimes committed by Jiang Qing and her gang during the Cultural Revolution, the court is dealing with a period of history that has painful memories for China. Directly or indirectly 100 million people are now said to have suffered during that terrible time. Before the trial began, there was speculation that Jiang Qmg would defend herself by claiming that Mao had ordered or approved her actions. If she did use that argument last week, it was carefully edited out of the portions of the trial shown daily on television. Indeed, the only hint of Mao's involvement...
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...
...report said that Qing repeatedly denied that a special group had been under her control, but after evidence and statements were read in the court Qing said: "I was in direct charge of the special group for handling the case...