What the records say
- When
- 6 Oct 1976
- Kind
- Coup
- Coordinates
- 39.90° N, 116.41° E
- Description
- coup d'etat against Gang of Four in October 1976
Smashing the Gang of Four
October 1976 coup d'état in China
The Smashing of the Gang of Four was a bloodless coup d'état in Zhongnanhai, Beijing, on 6 October 1976, in which Premier Hua Guofeng joined forces with Central Military Commission Vice Chairmen Ye Jianying and Wang Dongxing, together with other important figures in the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the government and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), to arrest and detain the Gang of Four as well as Mao Yuanxin, M…
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- Wikidata: treaties and coupsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A bloodless coup d'état occurred, leading to the arrest of the Gang of Four, which ended the Cultural Revolution”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “怀仁堂事变，以毛澤東遺孀江青、王洪文、張春橋、姚文元為首的“四人帮”被逮捕并接受隔离审查，标志着文化大革命的结束。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page