Important people

Question 1

Lui Shaoqi

Answer 1

• Chairman of the Standing Committee.
• Member of the Politburo.
• Assumed as Chairman of the PRC in 1959.
• Pragmatist: led the third FYP with Deng.

Question 2

Zhou Enlai

Answer 2

• Premier of the PRC.
• Member of the Standing Committee.
• Member of the Politburo.
• His death led to the “Tiananmen Square incident”.

Question 3

Zhu De

Answer 3

• Commander in Chief of the PLA.

Question 4

Chen Boda

Answer 4

• Mao’s political secretary at Yenan.
• Editor of “The Red Flag”.
• Led the CCRG.
• Creator of the “Mao Zedong Thought”.

Question 5

Peng Dehuai

Answer 5

• Defence Minister

Question 6

Lin Biao

Answer 6

• Replaced Peng Dehuai as Defence Minister.
• Leader of the PLA.
• Vice-chairman of the Party.
• Successor of Mao after the 9th Party Congress.

Question 7

Li Fuchum

Answer 7

• Implemented economic policies during the retreat from the GLF.

Question 8

Deng Xiaoping

Answer 8

• Revisionist.
• Ran China without Mao.
• Introduced economic policies.
• Returned from exile in 1974 and became China’s paramount leader.

Question 9

Jiang Qing

Answer 9

• Mao’s 4th wife.
• Part of the Gand of Four.
• Given the authority to control and remove Chinese culture.
• Committed suicide in 1991.

Question 10

Kang Sheng

Answer 10

• Chief of the secret police.

Question 11

Wu Han

Answer 11

• Wrote “Hai Rui dismissed from office”.

Question 12

Yao Wenyuan

Answer 12

• Critique of “Hai Rui dismissed from office”

Question 13

Hua Guofeng

Answer 13

• Mao’s successor.

- “Two whatever policy”