Fifty years ago | Massive march in Peking to back Hua’s leadership
An archival report from October 1976 details massive demonstrations in Peking supporting Hua Kuo-Feng and condemning the Shanghai radicals, including Mao's widow Chiang Ching. Thousands of citizens, students, and soldiers participated in the rallies celebrating the downfall of the political faction.
Why it matters
It provides a historical window into the critical political transition in China following the death of Mao Zedong and the purge of the Gang of Four.
Fifty years ago | Massive march in Peking to back Hua’s leadership From the Archives, October 22, 1976 Tokyo, October 21: For the first time since the reported arrest of the four Shanghai radicals for their attempted coup, large-scale demonstrations criticising the group were held in the streets of Peking to-day, according to reports reaching here from the Chinese capital. Thousands of soldiers, students, and ordinary citizens took part in the demonstrations carrying banners calling for the overthrow of the four — Mao’s widow Chiang Ching, Wang Hung-wen, Chang Chun-Chiao and Yao Wen Yuan — for their anti-party and anti-revolutionary criminal acts.
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