Chapter 28: Deng Xiaoping’s Overall Rectification

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Translator’s Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. Preface to the Revised Edition xxi
6. Preface to the First Edition xxiii
7. Introduction: The Genesis of the Cultural Revolution 1
8. PART ONE: The “Need for More Personality Cult”
9. Chapter 1: Criticizing Hai Rui Dismissed from Office 23
10. Chapter 2: The Struggle around the Question of the Work Groups 39
11. Chapter 3: The Rise of the Red Guards and the Cult of the Individual 56
12. Chapter 4: “Declaring War on the Old World” 65
13. Chapter 5: Nationwide Networking 85
14. Chapter 6: “Bombarding the Command Post” 93
15. Chapter 7: Currents of Boycott and Resistance 101
16. Chapter 8: From “Down with Tao Zhu” to Retaliating against the February Adverse Current 116
17. Chapter 9: Drowning amidst Struggles 133
18. Chapter 10: The Last Days of Liu Shaoqi 152
19. PART TWO: The Rise and Fall of Lin Biao
20. Chapter 11: A Shortcut to the Peak of Power 179
21. Chapter 12: Eliminating Opponents of the Peak Theory 184
22. Chapter 13: Climbing the Leadership Ladder 193
23. Chapter 14: The Frenzy of False Accusations and Persecutions 197
24. Chapter 15: Shackling, Attacking, and Oppressing the People 248
25. Chapter 16: Lin Biao’s Rein on the Armed Forces 285
26. Chapter 17: The Lushan Conference [1970] 302
27. Chapter 18: The United Flotilla and the 5–7–1 Project 310
28. Chapter 19: The Failure of the Lin Biao Coup 318
29. Chapter 20: The September 13 Incident and Death of Lin Biao 327
30. PART THREE: Jiang Qing and the Politics of the Cultural Revolution
31. Chapter 21: New Life Created by the Cultural Revolution 351
32. Chapter 22: Special Cases, Forced Confessions, Fabricated Proof 356
33. Chapter 23: Erasing the Stains of the 1930s 366
34. Chapter 24: Escalation of Armed Struggle 375
35. Chapter 25: Arts Criticism and the “Revolution of Beijing Opera” 396
36. Chapter 26: The September 13 Incident and the “Trough” 403
37. Chapter 27: “Criticize Lin Biao, Confucius, and the Duke of Zhou” 430
38. Chapter 28: Deng Xiaoping’s Overall Rectification 453
39. Chapter 29: The Tiananmen Square Incident [1976] 482
40. Chapter 30: The Downfall of the Gang of Four 504
41. Concluding Remarks 529
42. Notes 533
43. Glossary 563
44. Bibliography 579
45. Selected Further Readings 611
46. Index 615