2006-08-25 06:38:35 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The “Gang of Four” had risen to national prominence as some of Mao’s closest supporters during the Cultural Revolution. They were: Jiang Qing, Mao’s fourth wife; Yao Wenyuan, a journalist who became Mao’s leading intellectual hitman; Zhang Chun-qiao, former CCP boss in Shanghai; and Wang Hongwen, a former works policeman promoted as a token “model worker.
They were given that name by the Chinese media (which, of course, was given the phrase by the government of Deng Xiaoping)
2006-08-25 06:46:25 · answer #1 · answered by johnslat 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out the People's Dailey about one or two months after Chaiman Mao's death to see the first official use of the term. Do you read Chinese?
2006-08-25 17:18:36 · answer #2 · answered by Dan W 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darn and all this time I thought it was Moe, Larry, Curley Joe and Shemp
2006-08-25 14:05:20 · answer #3 · answered by kristycordeaux 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋