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[[File:1967-07 1967年4月20日北京市革命委员会成立 张春桥-上海革委会主任.jpg|right|thumb|Zhang Chunqiao in 1967.]]
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{{Maoism sidebar}}'''Zhang Chunqiao''' (1 February 1917 – 21 April 2005) was a [[People's Republic of China|Chinese]] politician who was a member of the [[Communist Party of China]] and a key figure in the [[Gang of Four]], the successors to [[Mao Zedong]] which emerged after his death in 1976.
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|native_name=张春桥
[[Category:Chinese politicians]]
|birth_date=1 February 1917
[[Category:Gang of Four]]
|birth_place=Juye, Shandong, [[Republic of China]]
[[Category:Anti-revisionists]]
|death_date=21 April 2005 (aged 88)
[[Category:Chinese communists]]
|death_place=Jiangyin, Jiangsu, [[People's Republic of China]]
[[Category:Marxist–Leninists]]
|death_cause=Cancer
[[Category:Communist Party of China politicians]]
|nationality=Chinese
[[Category:Maoism]]
|political_orientation=[[Marxism–Leninism]]<br>[[Mao Zedong Thought]]<br>[[Anti-revisionism]]
|political_party=[[Communist Party of China|CPC]]
|image=File:1967-07_1967年4月20日北京市革命委员会成立_张春桥-上海革委会主任.jpg}}{{Maoism sidebar}}
'''Zhang Chunqiao'''{{efn|Also transcribed Chang Chun-chiao}} was a [[China|Chinese]] polititian, leading member of the [[Gang of Four]] and director of the [[Shanghai Revolutionary Committee]]. He is considered by many [[Maoism|Maoists]] to be the best potential succesor to [[Mao Zedong]]
==Early Life==
He was born in Juye, Shandong Province, [[Republic of China]] into a wealthy landlord family, other than that not much is known about his early life except for that he would eventually drift towards [[Marxism-Leninism]] and give up his capital. Zhang joined the Shanghai chapter of the League of Chinese Left-Wing Writers in 1936
==Joining the Communist Party of China==
In 1938 he would travel to Yan’an and join the Communist Party of China. During the war against Japan he became a cadre of guerrillas operating in Japanese controlled territory in north and east China. In this time he would begin to read [[Stalin]], Mao and others as to deepen his understanding of [[Marxism]]. He would eventually become the editor-in-chief of Jin-Cha-Ji Daily and New Shimen Daily. In the People’s Republic of China, he held positions such as the president of Liberation Daily, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, head of the Propaganda Department and alternate member of the Municipal Party Committee. His article  'Do Away with the Ideology of Bourgeois Right' gained him attention from Mao Zedong and [[Jiang Qing]], the article was praised by Mao and eventually published in the People’s Daily in 1958.
==Cultural Revolution==
==Shanghai Revolutionary Committee==
==In the Gang of Four==
==Trial and death==
==References==
===Notes===
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Revision as of 02:54, 24 October 2025

Zhang Chunqiao

张春桥
Born 1 February 1917
Juye, Shandong, Republic of China
Died 21 April 2005 (aged 88)
Jiangyin, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
Cause of death Cancer
Nationality Chinese
Ideology Marxism–Leninism
Mao Zedong Thought
Anti-revisionism
Political party CPC

Zhang Chunqiao[a] was a Chinese polititian, leading member of the Gang of Four and director of the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee. He is considered by many Maoists to be the best potential succesor to Mao Zedong

Early Life

He was born in Juye, Shandong Province, Republic of China into a wealthy landlord family, other than that not much is known about his early life except for that he would eventually drift towards Marxism-Leninism and give up his capital. Zhang joined the Shanghai chapter of the League of Chinese Left-Wing Writers in 1936

Joining the Communist Party of China

In 1938 he would travel to Yan’an and join the Communist Party of China. During the war against Japan he became a cadre of guerrillas operating in Japanese controlled territory in north and east China. In this time he would begin to read Stalin, Mao and others as to deepen his understanding of Marxism. He would eventually become the editor-in-chief of Jin-Cha-Ji Daily and New Shimen Daily. In the People’s Republic of China, he held positions such as the president of Liberation Daily, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, head of the Propaganda Department and alternate member of the Municipal Party Committee. His article 'Do Away with the Ideology of Bourgeois Right' gained him attention from Mao Zedong and Jiang Qing, the article was praised by Mao and eventually published in the People’s Daily in 1958.

Cultural Revolution

Shanghai Revolutionary Committee

In the Gang of Four

Trial and death

References

Notes

  1. Also transcribed Chang Chun-chiao