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Ep. 167 | Zhou Enlai (Part 7)

The China History Podcast

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Lin Biao and the Cultural Revolution

Ma's old comrades Joe Enlai the Hoshau Chi dung Xiaoping juda were criticized for their lack of backbone. Ma really hated to destroy him but Lin Biao wanted this guy out in fact all these top ranking military men Lin knew they weren't going to side with him so we needed to get rid of him at this meeting Looray Qing was taken down hard you know how they do itThese purges are all the same law tried in vain to defend himself and then pretty much after that there was no stopping chairman Ma. Law attempted to commit suicide by jumping off the roof of his house which in the CCP way of looking at things was a bold-faced admission

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