HIST 11B Lecture Notes - Lecture 28: Jiang Zemin, May Fourth Movement, Liu Binyan
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As mao aged he was increasingly paranoid about being overthrown. Lin tried to flee china, his family got on a plane that crashed over mongolia - unclear - maybe was shot down, maybe a malfunction, maybe never happened. Publicly declared that lin was caught trying to escape mao. Gang of 4 launched a campaign to criticize lin and confucius. Mao"s wife is angling to be the next leader, confucianism says a woman cannot be leader. Attack on conf = attack on old attitudes. Majority of people still had a lot of faith in party. Hearing the rise and fall of lin so quickly was too much to make sense of. By early 1970s, many are questioning the party. People are really confused, trying to figure out what"d going on. they thought lin was good and a military hero. Growing oppositions to maoists and gang of 4 by more pragmatic state planners.
