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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. From the late 1950s until his death in a suspicious plane crash in 1971, Lin was considered by many to be Mao’s anointed successor.
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. The educational system took several decades to repair, and another serious problem was the corruption within the party and government.
Lin Biao was a Chinese politician and Marshal of the People's Republic of China who was pivotal in the Communist victory during the Chinese Civil War, especially in Northeast China from 1946 to 1949. Lin was the general who commanded the decisive Liaoshen and Pingjin campaigns, in which he co-led the Manchurian Field Army to victory and led the ...
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. At the age of eighteen, he entered Whampoa Military Academy and by 1927, was a colonel in the National Revolutionary Army.
(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 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.
Feb 10, 2022 · Sept 13 shattered that,” says businessman turned historian and writer Yu Ruxin of hearing the news of Lin Biao’s death. The author of last year’s 1,300+ page, 2,000 footnote, two-volume Storm: The People's Liberation Army in the Cultural Revolution, Yu’s work examines the role of the Chinese military during the Cultural Revolution.
