Wang Hongwen's Rise and Fall in the PRC

Wang Hongwen's Rise and Fall in the PRC

Wang Hongwen

Rising rapidly from a Shanghai worker rebel leader during the Cultural Revolution, Wang Hongwen became a party vice chairman in his thirties. Associated with the radical Gang of Four, he lost his power base following Mao Zedong's death and was sentenced to life imprisonment for political crimes.

Timeline

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Year Wang Hongwen
1935
Birth of Wang Hongwen (Period: December 1935 (exact date unknown), Location: Xinjing, Manchukuo (now Lüyuan District, Changchun, Jilin, China))
1950
Enlistment in the Chinese People's Liberation Army (Wang Hongwen, Age: 14 years old, Period: 1950, Location: Northeast China)
Korean War (Age: 14 years old, Period: 1950–1953, Location: Korean Peninsula)
1951
Participation in the Korean War (Age: 15 years old, Period: 1951–1953, Location: Korean Peninsula)
1956
Employment at Shanghai No. 17 Cotton Mill (Age: 20 years old, Period: 1956, Location: Shanghai, China)
1958
Marriage (Wang Hongwen, Cui Gendi, Age: 22 years old, Period: 1958, Location: Shanghai, China)
1966
Formation of the Shanghai Workers' Revolutionary Rebel General Headquarters (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 9, 1966, Location: Shanghai, China)
Anting Incident (Age: 30 years old, Period: November 10–11, 1966, Location: Surroundings of Anting Station and Shanghai Station, Shanghai, China)
1967
January Storm in Shanghai (Shanghai Power Seizure Movement, Age: 31 years old, Period: January 1967, Location: Shanghai, China)
January Storm in Shanghai and the Shanghai People's Commune Concept (Age: 31 years old, Period: January–February 1967, Location: Shanghai, China)
Assuming Office as Vice Director of the Shanghai Municipal Revolutionary Committee (Wang Hongwen, Age: 31 years old, Period: February 1967, Location: Shanghai, China)
1969
Election to the CCP Central Committee (Age: 33 years old, Period: April 1969, Location: Beijing, China)
1971
Assuming Office as Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee (Wang Hongwen, Age: 35 years old, Period: 1971, Location: Shanghai, China)
1973
Political Activities as a Member of the Gang of Four (Age: 37 years old, Period: 1973–1976, Location: Nationwide China centered on Beijing)
Assuming Office as Vice Chairman of the CCP Central Committee (Wang Hongwen, Age: 37 years old, Period: August 30, 1973, Location: Beijing, China)
1974
Participation in the Campaign to Criticize Lin Biao and Confucius (Age: 38 years old, Period: 1974, Location: Nationwide China)
1976
Arrest and Political Fall (Age: 40 years old, Period: October 6, 1976, Location: Beijing, China)
1980
Lin Biao and Jiang Qing Counter-revolutionary Cliques Case (Trial of the Gang of Four, Age: 44 years old, Period: November 1980 – January 1981, Location: Beijing, China)
1981
Sentence of Life Imprisonment (Age: 45 years old, Period: January 1981, Location: Beijing, China)
1992
Death of Wang Hongwen (Age: 56 years old, Period: August 3, 1992 (Beijing, China; died of liver disease))

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