Gang of Four trial and Mao’s reputation
- Title
- Gang of Four trial and Mao’s reputation
- Genre
- News report; Interview
- TX Date
- Unknown
- Year of production
- 1980
- Play audio
- To listen to the audio files, please log in.
- Duration
- 00:05:24
- Description
- Report from Peking on the declining reputation of former Chinese leader Mao Zedong, during the trial in the country of the so-called Gang of Four: Mao’s widow Jiang Qing, and of three of her close associates, Zhang Chunqiao, Yao Wenyuan, and Wang Hongwen. Female correspondent not identified; male studio reporter not identified (poss. Des Fahy).
- Contributors
- Des Fahy?
- Keywords
- China; Prime ministers; Trials; Political leaders; Resignation (political); Mao Zedong; Hua Guofeng; Zhao Ziyang; Jiang Qing
The copyright of audio recordings in the LBC / IRN Digitisation Archive is owned by Global Radio UK Ltd.
How to cite this record
LBC/IRN, "Gang of Four trial and Mao’s reputation". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/lbc/search/index.php/segment/0019100011005 (Accessed 18 May 2025)