gang of four

the gang of four

1. Alternative letter-case form of Gang of Four.
   • 1976 December 6 [1976 December 2], “SHENSI DAILY Reports on Tachai Movement”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China‎^[1], volume I, number 235, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →OCLC, page M 3‎^[2]:

     Paishui County CCP Committee proposed: "We must go all out and aim high. From now to the end of this year, we must work hard to completely fulfill our production tasks, and recoup the losses caused by the interference and sabotage of the 'gang of four.'"

   • 1978 March 30 [1978 March 27], “Extravagant Funeral in Anhwei County Criticized”, in Daily Report People's Republic of China‎^[3], volume I, number 62, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, →ISSN, →OCLC, page G 1:

     The provincial CCP Committee has dealt blows at the frantic attack launched by the bourgeoisie, advanced proletarian justice and greatly promoted the revolutionary activism of the cadres and masses in Kuoyang County in resolutely fighting well the third campaign to expose and criticize the gang of four.

   • 1978 April 28 [1978 April 23], “Kwangtung County Trains Management Cadres”, in Daily Report: People's Republic of China, volume I, number 83, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Canton Kwangtung Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →ISSN, →OCLC, People's Republic of China: Central-South Region, page H 2:

     This situation was all the more serious when the gang of four were running rampant. As a result of the struggle to expose and criticize the gang of four, party organizations at all levels in Pingyuan County have understood that strengthening training for management cadres and helping them smash spiritual shackles and succeed in understanding policies and their work are major measures for eliminating disorder and for doing a good job of rural management.

   • 1978 October 20 [1978 October 6], “Liaoning County Restores School for Korean Minority”, in Translations on People's Republic of China, number 462, United States Joint Publications Research Service, sourced from Shenyang Liaoning Provincial Service, translation of original in Mandarin, →OCLC, Political and Sociological, page 56:

     Since the downfall of the "gang of four," Kuantien County has vigorously developed education for national minorities. […]
     In the course of the struggle to thoroughly expose and criticize the "gang of four," the Education Bureau of Kuantien County, under the leadership of the upper-level party organizations, carried out readjustments at various schools in order to further improve education for national minorities.

   • 1981, Far Eastern Affairs‎^[4], number 4, Moscow: Progress Publishers, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 125:

     The Chinese are hastily obliterating all traces of hongweibing pogroms in Moslem mosques and other holy places. Mao's successors have been clamouring for Moslems to preserve the Islamic cultural heritage. The blame for all the excesses in the Islamic policy has been heaped upon the "gang of four" and Lin Biao.