Word: wenyuan
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DIED. YAO WENYUAN, 74, the last surviving member of China's Gang of Four, the ring of radical Maoists?led by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing?who directed the jailings, beatings and purges of legions of perceived enemies during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s; of diabetes; in a location undisclosed by Chinese officials. Arrested a month after Mao's death, Yao spent 20 years in jail before being released...
...DIED. YAO WENYUAN, 74, the last surviving member of China's Gang of Four, the ring of radical Maoists?led by Mao Zedong's wife Jiang Qing?who directed the jailings, beatings and purges of legions of moderates and other perceived enemies during the Cultural Revolution of the 1960s and '70s; in a location undisclosed by Chinese officials. Arrested a month after Mao's death, Yao spent 20 years in jail before being released...
...Setting the Record Straight One is Left Our Milestone on the death of radical Maoist Zhang Chunqiao [May 23] said in error that he was "the last surviving member of China's notorious Gang of Four." There is still one remaining member, Yao Wenyuan, who is living in Shanghai...