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2 unusual facts about Jiang Qing


Ieng Thirith

Together the two sisters and their husbands later became known as 'Cambodia's Gang of Four', a reference to the radical group led by Jiang Qing the widow of Mao Tse-tung.

Red Azalea

At the end of part three, in 1976, Mao dies, and his wife Jiang Qing is arrested.


Anchee Min

Her fiction emphasizes strong female characters, such as Jiang Qing, the wife of chairman Mao Zedong, and Empress Dowager Cixi, the last ruling empress of China.

Blood on Wolf Mountain

Blood on Wolf Mountain starred actresses Li Lili, and Lan Ping (who later in life would adopt the name Jiang Qing and gain notoriety as the wife of Mao Zedong and a member of the Gang of Four).


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